Betty Heidler with her World Record numbers in Halle (© Mike Schmidt)
The German team for the IAAF World Championships, Daegu, Korea (27 Aug to 4 Sep) has been announced and is composed of 75 athletes, who are led by their reigning World champion Robert Harting (men’s Discus Throw) and World record holder Betty Heidler (women’s Hammer Throw), who was champion in 2007.
MEN
200 m: Sebastian Ernst
1500 m: Carsten Schlangen
110 m h: Willi Mathiszik, Erik Balnuweit, Alexander John
400 m h: Georg Fleischhauer
3000 m SC: Steffen Uliczka
20 km Race Walk: Christopher Linke
50 km Race Walk: Christopher Linke, André Höhne
HJ: Raúl Spank, Eike Onnen
PV: Malte Mohr, Raphael Holzdeppe, Karsten Dilla
Reserve: Björn Otto
LJ: Christian Reif, Sebastian Bayer
SP: David Storl, Ralf Bartels, Marco Schmidt
DT: Robert Harting, Markus Münch, Martin Wierig
HT: Markus Esser
JT: Matthias de Zordo, Till Wöschler, Mark Frank
Decathlon: Jan Felix Knobel, Rico Freimuth, Pascal Behrenbruch
4x100 m: Tobias Unger, Alex Schaf, Marius Broening, Robin Erewa, Sebastian Ernst, Sven Knipphals
4x400 m: Thomas Schneider, Jonas Plass, Eric Krüger, David Gollnow, Kamghe Gaba, Miguel Rigau
WOMEN
100 m: Yasmin Kwadwo
100 m h: Cindy Roleder
3000 m SC: Jana Sussmann, Gesa Felicitas Krause
20 km Race Walk: Sabine Krantz, Melanie Seeger
PV: Martina Strutz, Silke Spiegelburg, Kristina Gadschiew
Reserve: Carolin Hingst
LJ: Bianca Kappler, Sosthene Taroum Moguenara
TJ: Katja Demut
SP: Christina Schwanitz, Nadine Kleinert, Josephine Terlecki
DT: Nadine Müller
HT: Betty Heidler, Kathrin Klaas
JT: Christina Obergföll, Katharina Molitor, Linda Stahl
Heptathlon: Jennifer Oeser, Lilli Schwarzkopf, Julia Mächtig
4x100 m: Yasmin Kwadwo, Cathleen Tschirch, Leena Günther, Anne Möllinger, Marion Wagner, Christina Haack
4x400 m: Janin Lindenberg, Esther Cremer, Claudia Hoffmann, Lena Schmidt,
Sylvia Semkowicz, Wiebke Ullmann
