Judith Mokobe
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| Full name | Judith Bilepo Mokobe | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 October 2006 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m: 7.61 (2025) 100m: 11.44 (2025) 200m: 23.11 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Judith Bilepo Mokobe (born 6 October 2006) is a German sprinter. She won the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships title over 200 metres at the age of 18 years-old.[1]
Career
From Mainz, she trains as a member of USC Mainz, although she came to athletics relatively late, only starting in 2022.[2] She won the 60 metres title at the U18 Rhineland-Palatinate Championship in January 2023.[3] She went on to became the German youth champion in July 2023 in Rostock over 200 metres.[4]
She set a personal best for the 200 metres of 23.64 seconds in placing third at the 2024 German U23 Championships in Mönchengladbach as a 17 year-old.[5][6] She was a semi-finalist in the 200 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.[7][8]
She competed at the Kurpfalz Gala in Weinheim for USC Mainz and set a personal best of 23.11 seconds for the 200 metres in May 2025. The time also improved the Rhineland-Palatinate record for U20 runners, which had been held by Andreas Bersch since 1982. It was also the fastest U20 time by a German runner since Gina Lückenkemper.[9][10]
She ran 23.87 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, before reaching the final with a personal-best-equalling run of 23.11 in her semi-final (-1.8). She then proceeded to win the gold medal in the final, running 23.40 seconds into a headwind (-2.0).[11][12][13] In winning the title at the age of 18 years-old, she became the first German woman to win the title since Gina Lückenkemper in 2010.[14]
References
- ^ "Judith Bilepo Mokobe". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ Gäb, Annika (July 24, 2025). "Judith Mokobe sprints to the top". lv-rr.de. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "Mainz athletics dominance at the RLP Championships". allgemeine-zeitung.de. 16 Jan 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "German U18 Championships". World Athletics. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "Judith Bilepo Mokobe steals the show from the sprint competition". leichtathletik.de. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "Locker und mit Power". sportausmainz.de. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "USC Mainz: Judith Bilepo Mokobe finishes eleventh at U20 World Championships". allgemeine-zeitung.de. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "Tampere 2025 - Women's track preview". European Athletics. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "USC Mainz: Judith Mokobe breaks an ancient record". allgemeine-zeitung.de. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "Italy's Nappi and Germany's Mokobe take 200m titles". European Athletics. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "Italian sprint stars speed through 200m heats". European Athletics. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Gold! Judith Mokobe following in Gina Lückenkemper's footsteps". Leichtathletik.de. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 9 August 2025.