Jonna Valesca Tilgner (born November 18, 1984, in Hannover, Lower Saxony) is a German sprinter and hurdler, who specialized in the 400 metres.[2] She won two medals, silver and bronze, in the women's 400 m hurdles at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, and at the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia, clocking at 56.27 and 56.02 seconds, respectively.[3][4] Tilgner is also a member of Bremer Leichtathletik Team, and is coached and trained by Jens Ellrott.[1]
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| Full name | Jonna Valesca Tilgner | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 November 1984 Hannover, Lower Saxony, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | 4 × 400 metres relay | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bremer Leichtathletik Team[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jens Ellrott[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400 m: 51.90 s (2008) 400 m hurdles: 55.71 (2009) | |||||||||||||||||
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Tilgner competed for the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with her teammates Claudia Hoffmann, Florence Ekpo-Umoh, and Sorina Nwachukwu. Running the start-off leg, Tilgner recorded her individual-split time of 53.12 seconds, and the German team went on to an eighth-place finish in the final, for a total time of 3:28.45.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Profile – Jonna Tilgner" (in German). Leichtathletik Deutsche. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jonna Tilgner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ "Universiade-Ergebnisse vom 09.07.2009 – Leichtathletik: Silber für Jonna Tilgner, Bronze für Mareike Rittweg" [Universiade results from 09.07.2009 – Athletics: Silver for Jonna Tilgner, bronze for Mareike Rittweg] (in German). Allgemeiner Deutscher. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- ^ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (14 August 2007). "Second gold for Akkas, historic wins for Egypt and Portugal and two records fall, WUG 5th day". IAAF. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ^ "Women's 4×400m Relay Final". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
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