Sofia Schulte

Sofia Schulte (born 8 April 1976) is a retired German long jumper and triple jumper.

She was born in Neuhamm and represented the clubs LAG Siegen,[1] TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen and SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken.

She finished eighth at the 1995 European Junior Championships,[2] won the bronze medal at the 1997 European U23 Championships,[3] finished twelfth at the 1999 Summer Universiade, and eighth at the 2002 European Championships.[4] At the 2002 IAAF World Cup she finished seventh in long jump and eighth in the triple jump.[5] She also competed at the 1998 European Championships,[6] the 2000 European Indoor Championships[7] and the 2000 Olympic Games without reaching the final.[1]

Schulte won bronze medals at the German long jump championships in 1998, 2000 and 2002.[8] Indoors she won bronze medals in both long and triple jump, as well as a silver medal in 2000.[9][10]

She has a personal best of 6.72 metres, achieved in May 2000 in Siegen. Her personal best in the triple jump was 13.37 metres, achieved in August 2002 in Sondershausen.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Sofia Schulte". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  2. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas. "European Junior Championships 1995". World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  3. "European Under 23 Championships and Cup". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  4. "Women Long Jump Athletics XVIII European Championships 2002 Munchen (GER)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Sofia Schulte profile at IAAF
  6. "Women Long Jump European Championships 1998 Budapest (HUN)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  7. "Weitsprung - Qualifikation - Frauen (26.02.2000)". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  8. "Leichtathletik - Deutsche Meisterschaften (Weitsprung - Damen)". Sport-Komplett. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  9. "Deutsche Hallen - Leichtathletik - Meisterschaften (Weitsprung - Damen)". Sport-Komplett. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  10. "Deutsche Hallen - Leichtathletik - Meisterschaften (Dreisprung - Damen)". Sport-Komplett. Retrieved 3 June 2014.