Tobias Unger

Tobias Unger

Personal information
Full name	Tobias Benjamin Unger
Born	10 July 1979 Munich, West Germany
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100m: 10.14 s (Mannheim, 2010) 200m: 20.20 s (Bochum, 2005)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Germany European Championships 2012 Helsinki 4×100 m relay 2010 Barcelona 4×100 m relay World Junior Championships 1998 Annecy 4×100 m relay

Tobias Benjamin Unger (born 10 July 1979 in Munich) is a German athlete, specialist in 100 metres and 200 metres.^[1]

Biography

Unger comes from Wendlingen am Neckar and studied sport science at the University of Tübingen and trained in Ludwigsburg. His trainer is the Romanian Micky Corucle. He was the tenth fastest 200 m runner in 2005, and the second fastest European that year.^[2] His personal bests in his two disciplines are 10.14 seconds (100 m) and 20.20 seconds (200 m).

Unger represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In Beijing he competed in the 100 metres sprint and placed 4th in his heat behind Churandy Martina, Naoki Tsukahara and Simeon Williamson, normally causing elimination. However his time of 10.46 was the 10th fastest losing time, giving him a spot in the second round. There he improved his time to 10.36 seconds, but he was unable to qualify for the semifinals as he finished 7th place in his heat.^[1] Together with Till Helmke, Alexander Kosenkow and Martin Keller he also competed at the 4x100 metres relay. In their qualification heat they placed third behind Jamaica and Canada, but in front of China. Their time of 38.93 was the sixth-fastest out of sixteen participating nations in the first round, and they qualified for the final. There they sprinted to a time of 38.58 seconds, which was the fifth-best time.^[1]

Honours

• Third in the 1998 junior World Championships relay
• German youth champion 2000
• Second place in the German Championships in 2001
• Seventh in the U-23 European Championships in 2001
• German champion in 2003
• Participant at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics
• German champion in 2004
• German indoor champion in 2004 (60 m, 200 m)
• Seventh place in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens (200 m)
• Bronze medal in the Indoor World Championships 2004
• Indoor European Champion 2005
• Double German champion in 2005 (100 metres, with a personal best time of 10.16 s; 200 metres, breaking Frank Emmelmann's national record with a time of 20.20)
• Seventh place in the 2005 World Championships, with a time of 20.81 s over 200 m

See also

• German all-time top lists - 100 metres
• German all-time top lists - 200 metres

References

1. Athlete biography: Tobias Benjamin Unger, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 26, 2008
2. 200 Metres 2005. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-09-21.

External links

• Official website (German)
• Tobias Unger profile at IAAF