Lena Urbaniak Explained

Lena Urbaniak
Sport:Track and field
Event:Shot put
Birth Date:31 October 1992
Birth Place:Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Education:Hochschule Ansbach[1]
Ansbach University of Applied Sciences[2]
Club:LG Filstal
Coach:Peter Salzer

Lena Urbaniak (born 31 October 1992 in Schwäbisch Gmünd[3]) is a German athlete specialising in the shot put. She won the gold medal at the 2015 Summer Universiade.

Her personal bests in the event are 18.02 metres outdoors (Kassel 2016) and 18.32 metres indoors (Karlsruhe 2016).

In her youth she also competed in gymnastics, handball and karate.[3]

Competition record

Representing
2009World Youth ChampionshipsBrixen, Italybgcolor=gold1stShot put15.28 m
6thDiscus throw48.56 m
2010World Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, Canada10thShot put15.09 m
2011European Junior ChampionshipsTallinn, Estoniabgcolor=gold1stShot put16.31 m
2013European U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland3rdShot put16.98 m
2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland8thShot put17.77 m
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic11th (q)Shot put16.49 m
UniversiadeGwangju, South Koreabgcolor=gold1stShot put18.00 m
2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States7thShot put17.91 m
European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands13th (q)Shot put16.83 m
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil30th (q)Shot put16.62 m
2017UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan7thShot put16.72 m

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gwangju2015.com/IRS/eng/zb/engzb_athletics_biography_overview_n6306625_urbaniak_lena.htm 2015 WSG profile
  2. https://data.2017.gov.taipei/atos/prod/eng/zb/engzb_athletics-athlete-profile-n154465-urbaniak-lena.htm 2017 WSG profile
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-08-07 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002547/http://www.lauf-und-sprungmeeting.de/promis/portrait_lena_urbaniak.pdf . dead .