Jennifer Oeser
 Oeser at the 2009 Berlin World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | German |
| Born | 29 November 1983 |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Germany |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Heptathlon |
| Coached by | Karl-Heinz Due |
| Updated on 4 August 2012. | |
Jennifer Oeser (born 29 November 1983 in Brunsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein) is a retired German heptathlete.
Career[edit]
Oeser's first international championship was the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics and she finished in eighth place with a score of 5405 points. She improved her personal best to 5901 points to win the gold medal at the 2003 European Athletics U23 Championships. Moving up to the senior ranks, she finished fourth in the heptathlon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg and was seventh in the event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. Oeser was eleventh at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1] She set a personal best of 6493 points to win the silver medal in the heptathlon at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin. The following year she was at the Erdgas Meeting in Ratingen, Germany, holding off her domestic rival Lilli Schwarzkopf to win with a total of 6427.[2]
Personal bests[edit]
| Event | Mark |
|---|---|
| 100 m hurdles | 13.14 s |
| High jump | 1.86 m |
| Shot put | 14.29 m |
| 200 metres | 23.95 s |
| Long jump | 6.68 m |
| Javelin throw | 51.30 m |
| 800 metres | 2:10.39 min |
| Heptathlon | 6683 points |
Major competition record[edit]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Germany
| |||||
| 2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 8th | Heptathlon | 5405 pts |
| 2003 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 1st | Heptathlon | 5901 pts |
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 4th | Heptathlon | 6376 pts |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 7th | Heptathlon | 6378 pts |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 11th | Heptathlon | 6360 pts |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 2nd | Heptathlon | 6493 pts |
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 3rd | Heptathlon | 6683 pts |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 2nd | Heptathlon | 6572 pts |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 10th | Heptathlon | 6308 pts |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 9th | Heptathlon | 6401 pts |
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.leverkusen.com/presse/db/presse.php?view=00014485 Olympia: Von Platz fünf bis neun für Leverkusen alles dabei
- ^ van Kuijen, Hans (2010-06-20). Garcia and Oeser prevail in Ratingen - IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-21.
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- 1983 births
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