Talea Prepens
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | German |
| Born | 28 December 2001 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprint |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 100m: 11.38 (Wetzlar, 2024) 200m: 22.83 (Rome, 2024) |
Medal record | |
Talea Prepens (born 28 December 2001) is a German sprinter. She won the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships title over 200 metres.[1]
Career
[edit]She is from Cloppenburg and is a member of TV Cloppenburg as well as being trained by her father Harald Prepens.[2]
She won the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships title over 200 metres in Nairobi, Kenya, at the age of 15 years-old. She won this title despite being the youngest athlete in the field. She won the title with her second personal best achieved at the championships, running a time of 23.51 seconds in the final, having previously run 23.64 in the semi-finals.[3]
At the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås, she won bronze with the German relay team in the 4 x 100m relay alongside compatriots Kathleen Reinhardt, Denise Uphoff and Chiara Schimpf.[2]
In 2021, she won gold in the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn in the 4x100m relay, alongside Lilly Kaden, Keshia Beverly Kwadwo and Sophia Junk. She also finished in fourth place in the individual 200 metres at the Championships.[4]
She won back-to-back sprint doubles over 100 metres and 200 metres at the German Athletics U23 Championships in 2022 and 2023.[5] She finished fourth in the 200m at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland.[6][7] She competed at the delayed 2021 University Games in Chengdu, China in 2023 finishing sixth in the 100 metres.[8]
She ran a personal best 22.83 at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome over 200 metres to qualify for the semi-finals. In the semi-final she ran 22.99 seconds to place fourth in her heat but did not proceed to the final.[9]
Personal life
[edit]She plays double bass and played in a youth symphony orchestra. Her brother Torben Prepens competes in the decathlon.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Talea Prepens". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Talea Prepens – Trotz Lockdown purzeln die Bestzeiten". Leichtatgletik.de. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Report: girls' 200m – IAAF World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017". World Athletics. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ Smyth, Steve (9 July 2021). "Gold for sprinter Jeremiah Azu in Tallinn". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Talea Prepens: "I am an absolute competitive type". nlv-la.de. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Inspiring performances do not bring a bronze medal". nwzlonline.de. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "How Cloppenburg's Prepens tackles her difficult season without support". nwzonline.de. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Talea Prepens runs to 6th place in China". om-online.de. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
European Athletics U23 Championships champions in women's 4 × 100 metres relay | |
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