Carolin Schäfer Explained

Carolin Schäfer
Birth Date:	5 December 1991
Birth Place:	Bad Wildungen, Germany
Height:	1.78 m^[1]
Weight:	65 kg
Country:	Germany
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Heptathlon

Carolin Schäfer (born 5 December 1991)^[2] is a German athlete who specialises in the heptathlon. She won the silver medal in the event at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. Schäfer took bronze at the 2018 European Athletics Championships.

At the age of 15, she won the silver medal at the 2007 World Youth Championships. She was the heptathlon 2008 World junior and 2009 European junior champion. Schäfer represented Germany at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she finished fifth and seventh respectively.

Statistics

International competitions

2007	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Heptathlon
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	bgcolor=gold	1st	Heptathlon
2009	European Junior Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	bgcolor=gold	1st	Heptathlon
2011	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	5th	Heptathlon
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	11th	Heptathlon	6003 pts
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	6th	Heptathlon	5809 pts
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	4th	Heptathlon
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	–	Pentathlon	DNF
	World Championships	Beijing, China	–	Heptathlon	DNF
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	5th	Heptathlon	6540 pts
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Heptathlon	6696 pts
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	3rd	Heptathlon	6602 pts
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	7th	Heptathlon	6419 pts
2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	6th	Heptathlon	6223 pts
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	—	Heptathlon	DNF
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	–	Heptathlon	DNF

Personal bests

• Heptathlon – 6836 pts (Götzis 2017)
  • 100 m hurdles – 13.07 s (+2.0 m/s, Ratingen 2017)
  • High jump – 1.86 m (Götzis 2017)
  • Shot put – 14.84 m (London 2017)
  • 200 metres – 23.27 s (+0.3 m/s, Ratingen 2017)
  • Long jump – 6.57 m (+0.9 m/s, Götzis 2017)
  • Javelin throw – 54.10 m (Tokyo 2021)
  • 800 metres – 2:13.95 min (Ratingen 2022)

Indoors

• Pentathlon – 4098 pts (Hamburg 2009)
  • 60 m hurdles – 8.35 s (Sindelfingen 2023)
  • High jump – 1.79 m (Hanau 2015)
  • Shot put – 14.24 m (Frankfurt 2016)
  • Long jump – 6.12 m (Frankfurt 2017)
  • 800 metres – 2:16.61 min (Frankfurt-Kalbach 2014)
• 60 metres – 7.72 s (Ludwigshafen 2023)

Circuit wins and titles, National titles

• World Athletics Combined Events Tour Overall winner: 2016, 2017, 2018
  • 2014: Décastar
  • 2017: Mehrkampf-Meeting
  • 2018: Mehrkampf-Meeting, Décastar
• German Athletics Championships
  • Heptathlon: 2013, 2020

Notes and References

1. Carolin Schäfer . https://web.archive.org/web/20200114083916/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/carolin-schafer-1.html . dead . 14 January 2020 . 2 April 2023.
2. Web site: Carolin SCHÄFER – Athlete Profile . . 1 January 2023.