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

2007World Youth ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republicbgcolor=silver2ndHeptathlon
2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Polandbgcolor=gold1stHeptathlon
2009European Junior ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbiabgcolor=gold1stHeptathlon
2011European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic5thHeptathlon
2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland11thHeptathlon6003 pts
2013European U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland6thHeptathlon5809 pts
2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland4thHeptathlon
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech RepublicPentathlonDNF
World ChampionshipsBeijing, ChinaHeptathlonDNF
2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil5thHeptathlon6540 pts
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdombgcolor=silver2ndHeptathlon6696 pts
2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany3rdHeptathlon6602 pts
2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan7thHeptathlon6419 pts
2022European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany6thHeptathlon6223 pts
2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, HungaryHeptathlonDNF
2024European ChampionshipsRome, ItalyHeptathlonDNF

Personal bests

Indoors

Circuit wins and titles, National titles

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.