Katharina Molitor

Katharina Molitor

Katharina Molitor in 2011
Personal information
Full name Katharina Molitor
Born 8 November 1983
Bedburg, West Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Website katharina-molitor.de
Sport
Country  Germany
Sport Athletics; volleyball
Event(s) Javelin throw
Club Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 6th at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal best(s) 64.67 metres
(Kassel, July 2011)

Katharina Molitor (born 8 November 1983 in Bedburg, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German athlete who specialises in the javelin throw with a personal best of 64.67 metres.[1] Additionally, she plays for Bayer Leverkusen in the German Erste Volleyball-Bundesliga, the highest league in German volleyball.[2]

Molitor competed for Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics and finished 8th in the final.

She won gold at the 2010 German Athletics Championships before competing at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Germany
2005 European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany 2nd 57.01 m
2007 Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 6th 58.19 m
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 8th 59.64 m
2009 Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 4th 59.41 m
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 4th 63.81 m
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 5th 64.32 m
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 5th 60.99 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 6th 62.89 m
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia 13th (q) 60.32 m
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 9th 58.00 m

References

  1. ↑ "111. Deutsche Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften" (PDF). Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband (in German). 24 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Leverkusen kehrt nach zwei Jahren Pause zurück auf die Erstliga-Bühne". Deutsche Volleyball-Liga (DVL) (in German). 6 October 2011.

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