Jan Felix Knobel

Jan Felix Knobel (2014)

Jan Felix Knobel (born 16 January 1989 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe) is a German decathlete.

At the World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz in 2008 he won the title with 7896 points in the decathlon. In the final margin of victory of his second-place on the White Russians Eduard Michan only two points. At the German Championships in 2009, more combat-puzzle part in the senior class, although he would have been eligible to start in the juniors, and secured the victory with 7738 points. Knobel personal best is 8288 points, which he reached the end of May 2011 at the International Meeting in Götzis. Shortly after, he started as a co-favorite at the U23 European Athletics Championships 2011 in Ostrava. After a fall in the 110-meter hurdles he had to bury all medal hopes. Even the final 1500-meter race, he did not finish and ended up with 6774 points at the 19 Place. Jan Felix Knobel starts since 2005 for the Athletics Department at Eintracht Frankfurt and is coached by Jürgen Sammert. He studied architecture at the University of Rhine-Main, Wiesbaden. Knobel also partipicated in 2011 World Championships in Athletics

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