Tobias Unger

Tobias Benjamin Unger (born July 10 1979 in Munich) is an German athlete, specialist in 100 m and 200 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 70 kilograms.

Tobias Unger comes from Wendlingen am Neckar, studied sport science in Tübingen's university and trained in Ludwigsburg. His trainer is the Romanian Micky Corucle.Unger is currently fourth in the world 200 metre rankings, after Tyson Gay (3), Justin Gatlin (2) and Wallace 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. In Beijing he competed at 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 semi finals as he finished in 7th place of his heat. 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 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 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 metre, with a personal best time of 10.16 s; 200 metre, 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

External links

* [http://www.tobiasunger.de Official homepage]

References