Jolina Lange
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 March 2005 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Shot put | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Shot put: 17.04 m (Bergen, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Jolina Lange (born 27 March 2005) is a German shot putter. A German youth record holder, she was a silver medalist at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships.[1]
Early life
From Grethem, Lower Saxony, she began in athletics at TSV Einheit Grimma. From 2020, she attended sports school in Chemnitz. As a 15 year-old in 2020, Lange broke a 24-year-old German junior record with the 3-kilogram shot put by 16 centimetres, landing a throw of 16.96 meters.[2]
Career
She competes domestically for LV 90 Erzgebirge.[3] In July 2022, she had a fifth place at the 2022 European Athletics U18 Championships in Jerusalem, Israel.[4]
She finished third in the German U20 Indoor Championships in February 2024.[5] In July 2024, she finished second at the German U20 Championships.[6] She subsequently competed at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in the women's shot put.[7][8]
She won a silver medal at the 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships in the shot put, landing a personal best throw of 17.04m, as part of a German 1-2-3 in the event, with Helena Kopp and event winner Nina Chioma Ndubuisi.[9][10][11]
References
- ^ "Jolina Lange". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ "Jolina Lange from Grethen competes at the European Youth Championships". lvz.de. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ Thomas, Frank (6 February 2024). "On the way to the World Championship standard: Lange from Grethen impresses at the World Athletics Indoor Tour". dnn.de. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ "Fifth place for Jolina Lange at the European U18 Championships in Jerusalem". lv90.de. July 6, 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ Thomas, Frank (27 Feb 2024). "World Championship standard in sight: Jolina Lange wins bronze at the German Championships in Halle". lvz.de. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ Bauer, Andreas (July 28, 2024). "German silver medal paves the way for the U-20 World Championships for the athlete from the Erzgebirge". Freipresse.de. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ "Die DLV-Talente in den Vorrunden". leichtathletik.de. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ Szreter-Kelly, Alissa (17 Jul 2025). "Ndubuisi leads German medal sweep in women's shot put at Bergen 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ^ Treptow, Thomas (July 18, 2025). "Shot putter Jolina Lange from LV 90 Erzgebirge wins European Championship silver in German triple success". freiepresse.de. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
- ^ Fischer, Johannes (18 July 2025). "German triple coup". Sport1.de. Retrieved 18 July 2025.