Hanna Klein
_2018.jpg) Klein at the 2018 German Athletics Championships in Nuremberg | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 6 April 1993 Landau in der Pfalz, Germany |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Germany |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Middle-, Long-distance running |
| Club | LAV Stadtwerke Tübingen |
Medal record | |
Hanna Klein (born 6 April 1993)[1] is a German middle- and long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 3000 metres at the 2023 European Indoor Championships and bronze for the 1500 metres at the 2021 European Indoor Championships. Klein finished fifth in the 1500 m at the 2022 European Championships. She took gold for the 5000 metres at the 2017 Universiade.
Klein won several German national titles outdoors and indoors (1500 m, 5000 m, 3000 m).
Career[edit]
Klein finished 11th in both the 1500 metres at the 2017 World Athletics Championships held in London and the 3000 metres at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, her highest position at global championships.[1]
After her bronze medal for the 1500 m at the 2021 European Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland, she secured her first major title with gold for the 3000 m at the 2023 edition in Istanbul. It was the first time in her senior career (since 2015) that she outsprinted compatriot Konstanze Klosterhalfen who earned silver. Klein was beaten by Klosterhalfen to gold at the German Indoor Championships the previous month and their win-loss record stood at 0–10 before.[2]
Achievements[edit]
All information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[1]
International competitions[edit]
Personal bests[edit]
- 800 metres – 2:01.70 (Gillingham 2022)
- 1500 metres – 4:02.58 (Nice 2021)
- 1500 metres indoor – 4:06.23 (Liévin 2023)
- Mile – 4:23.52 (Zagreb 2022)
- 3000 metres – 8:45.00 (Doha 2019)
- 3000 metres indoor – 8:35.87 (Istanbul 2023)
- 5000 metres – 14:51.71 (Birmingham 2022)
- Road
- 10 kilometres – 31:40 (Uelzen 2021)
National titles[edit]
- German Athletics Championships
- 1500 metres: 2020, 2021, 2022
- 5000 metres: 2018
- German Indoor Athletics Championships
- 1500 metres: 2019, 2020
- 3000 metres: 2020, 2021, 2022
- German 10km Road Running Championships
- 10 kilometres: 2021[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Hanna KLEIN – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Hallen-EM 2023 in Istanbul: Hanna Klein triumphiert über 3.000 m und überrascht Konstanze Klosterhalfen". German Road Races (in German). 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Neumann, Martin (31 October 2021). "Hanna Klein überrascht mit 10-Kilometer-Titel, Nils Voigt siegt mit Schlussspurt". leichtathletik.de (in German). Retrieved 4 March 2023.
External links[edit]
- Hanna Klein at World Athletics
- Hanna Klein at Diamond League
- Hanna Klein at Olympics.com
- Hanna Klein at Olympedia
- Hanna Klein at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
European Athletics Indoor Champions in women's 3000 metres | |
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- German female middle-distance runners
- German female long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Germany
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
- German national athletics champions
- People from Landau
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Germany
- Athletes from Rhineland-Palatinate
- 21st-century German women
- European Games competitors for Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games