Jonna Tilgner

Jonna Tilgner
Personal information
Full nameJonna Valesca Tilgner
Nationality Germany
Born (1984-11-18) 18 November 1984 (age 39)
Hannover, Lower Saxony,
West Germany
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event4 × 400 metres relay
ClubBremer Leichtathletik Team[1]
Coached byJens Ellrott[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400 m: 51.90 s (2008)
400 m hurdles: 55.71 (2009)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Germany
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2009 Belgrade 400 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Bangkok 400 m hurdles

Jonna Valesca Tilgner (born November 18, 1984, in Hannover, Lower Saxony) is a German sprinter and hurdler, who specialized in the 400 metres.[2] She won two medals, silver and bronze, in the women's 400 m hurdles at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand, and at the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia, clocking at 56.27 and 56.02 seconds, respectively.[3][4] Tilgner is also a member of Bremer Leichtathletik Team, and is coached and trained by Jens Ellrott.[1]

Tilgner competed for the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, along with her teammates Claudia Hoffmann, Florence Ekpo-Umoh, and Sorina Nwachukwu. Running the start-off leg, Tilgner recorded her individual-split time of 53.12 seconds, and the German team went on to an eighth-place finish in the final, for a total time of 3:28.45.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Profile – Jonna Tilgner" (in German). Leichtathletik Deutsche. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jonna Tilgner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Universiade-Ergebnisse vom 09.07.2009 – Leichtathletik: Silber für Jonna Tilgner, Bronze für Mareike Rittweg" [Universiade results from 09.07.2009 – Athletics: Silver for Jonna Tilgner, bronze for Mareike Rittweg] (in German). Allgemeiner Deutscher. 9 July 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  4. ^ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (14 August 2007). "Second gold for Akkas, historic wins for Egypt and Portugal and two records fall, WUG 5th day". IAAF. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Women's 4×400m Relay Final". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
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