- Tobias Unger
Tobias Benjamin Unger (born
July 10 1979 inMunich ) is an German athlete, specialist in100 m and200 m . [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/203309.shtml Athlete biography: Tobias Benjamin Unger] , beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 26, 2008] Unger is 1.79 metres tall, weighing 70kilogram s.Tobias Unger comes from
Wendlingen am Neckar , studiedsport science inTübingen 's university and trained inLudwigsburg . His trainer is theRomania nMicky Corucle .Unger is currently fourth in the world 200 metre rankings, afterTyson Gay (3),Justin Gatlin (2) andWallace Spearmon (1).Fact|date=August 2008 His personal best in his two disciplines are 10.16 Seconds (100m) and 20.20 Seconds (200m).Unger represented Germany at the
2008 Summer Olympics . InBeijing he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 4th in his heat behindChurandy Martina ,Naoki Tsukahara andSimeon 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 semi finals as he finished in 7th place of his heat. Together withTill Helmke ,Alexander Kosenkow and Martin Keller he also competed at the4x100 metres relay . In their qualification heat they placed third behindJamaica andCanada , but in front ofChina . 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 time.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 the2003 World Championships in Athletics
* German champion in 2004
* German indoor champion in 2004 (60 m, 200 m)
* Seventh place in the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens (200 m)
* Bronze medal in the Indoor World Championships 2004
* Indoor European Champion 2005
* Double German champion in 2005 (100 metre, with a personal best time of 10.16 s; 200 metre, breakingFrank 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 mExternal links
* [http://www.tobiasunger.de Official homepage]
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