Sabrina Mockenhaupt
Sabrina Mockenhaupt (born 6 December 1980 in
Career
One of her first international medals was a
In 2004, she finished seventh in 3000 m at the 2004 World Indoor Championships, and fifteenth in the 10,000 m at the 2004 Olympics. In 2005, she won the bronze medal in 3000 metres at the 2005 European Indoor Championships, finished seventeenth in 10,000 metres at the 2005 World Championships and sixth in 5000 metres at the 2005 World Athletics Final.
At the 2006 European Championships she finished sixth in the 5000 m and eighth in the 10,000 m. Toward the end of the season she competed at the 2006 World Cup, finishing sixth in 5000 metres. She finished fourth in 3000 metres at the 2007 European Indoor Championships.
In October 2007 she made her marathon debut at the Cologne Marathon and won the race with a time of 2:29:33. Mockenhaupt won and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. At the Olympic Games she finished thirteenth in the 10,000 metres, in a new personal best time of 31:14.21 minutes. She won the Frankfurt Marathon in October 2008 with a personal best run of 2:26:22.[1] A return to the Cologne event in 2009 brought her a second victory at the competition.
She won the 2009 Berlin Half Marathon by timing 1:08:45, a new personal best.[2] She followed this up with a victory in the national championships in the 10000 metres, recording a time of 31:27.56 minutes.[3] She returned to the Berlin Half Marathon the following year but finished in third place with a time of 1:09:57. Mockenhaupt said that her winter military training with the Bundeswehr had left her tired and unable to devote much time to training for the event.[4]
She came second behind
She began her 2011 season on the roads, taking victories at the
At the
She has represented the club LG Sieg, except for 2006 through 2010 when she represented the Kölner Verein für Marathon.
Personal bests
- 1500 metres - 4:13.38 min (2001)
- 3000 metres - 8:44.65 min (2003)
- 5000 metres - 14:59.88 min (2009)
- 10,000 metres - 31:14.21 min (2008)
- Half marathon - 1:08:45 hrs (2009)
- Marathon - 2:26:21 hrs (2010)
References
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-26.
- ^ IAAF, April 5, 2009: In debut, Kipyego takes Berlin Half Marathon in 59:34
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-04.
- ^ Martin, David (2010-03-28). Army Training Cost Mockenhaupt Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine. Sporting Life. Retrieved on 2010-03-29.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-06-06.
- Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband(in German). 18 July 2010.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-26.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-09-26.
- ^ Wenig, Jorg (2011-04-03). Teenagers triumph at Berlin Half Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-30.
- ^ Ana Dulce Félix beats course record at Austrian Women's Run Archived 2011-05-24 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-05-22). Retrieved on 2011-05-30.
- ^ Portugal double victory at the European Cup 10000m Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-06-04). Retrieved on 2011-06-05.
- ^ Butcher, Pat (2012-10-30). Kipsang tantalises with 2:03:42 World record assault in Frankfurt. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-19.
- ^ "Women's 10000m at the 2012 Summer Olympics". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 28 August 2013.