Carolin Nytra

Carolin Nytra
Nytra in 2010
Personal information
Born (1985-02-26) 26 February 1985 (age 39)
Hamburg, West Germany
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Websitewww.carolin-nytra.de
Sport
Country Germany
SportAthletics
Event100 metres hurdles
Achievements and titles
Regional finals3rd at the 2010 European Athletics Championships
National finals1st at the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012 German Athletics Championships
Personal best(s)
  • 100 m hurdles:
    12.57 (July 2010)
Medal record
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Barcelona 100 m hurdles
European Indoors
Gold medal – first place 2011 Paris 60 m hurdles

Carolin Nytra (born 26 February 1985 in Hamburg), also known as Carolin Dietrich, is a German athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles. With a personal best time of 12.57 seconds, she became the seventh fastest German ever over this distance at the Diamond League meet in Lausanne on 8 July 2010.[1]

Career

Nytra represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics[2] and the 2009 World Championships in Athletics,[3] at both events being eliminated at the semi-final stage. However, she did win a silver medal at the 2010 European Team Championships in Bergen, Norway, with a time of 12.81 seconds.[4] She subsequently came first in the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Paris.

Nytra won the German Athletics Championships for four consecutive years, from 2007 until 2010,[5][6] and then again in 2012. In 2012, she again competed in the Olympics.


References

  1. ^ "Bremerin Nytra fliegt in Bestzeit über die Hürden". NDR (in German). 9 July 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Beijing 2008". IAAF. 18 August 2008. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  3. ^ "12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics – Berlin 2009". IAAF. 19 August 2009. Archived from the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  4. ^ "SPAR European Team Championships" (PDF). EAA. 20 June 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  5. ^ Wenig, Jörg (19 July 2010). "Harting, Friedrich and Spiegelburg confirm fine form at German championships". IAAF. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  6. ^ "110. Deutsche Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften" (PDF). Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband (in German). 18 July 2010. p. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
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