Germany announces team for Torino

February 24, 2009

German officials picked the squad for the 2009 European Indoor Championships to be held in Torino from March 6-8. Some athletes (e.g. Arne Gabius/3000m) decided to skip the Championships becuase they want to focus on the 2009 home World Champioships in Berlin.

Men

60m: Stefan Schwab
800m: René Bauschinger
1500m: Wolfram Müller, Carsten Schlangen
60m hurdles: Erik Balnuweit, Willi Mathiszik, Helge Schwarzer
High Jump: Raul Spank, Tim Riedel
Pole Vault: Danny Ecker, Alexander Straub, Malte Mohr
Long Jump: Sebastian Bayer, Nils Winter, Christoph Stolz
Shot Put: Ralf Bartels, Marco Schmidt, Andy Dittmar
Heptathlon: André Niklaus
4×400 relay: Thomas Goller, Simon Kirch, Eric Krüger, Miguel Rigau, Thomas Schneider

Women

60m: Verena Sailer
60m hurdles: Nadine Hildebrand, Carolin Nytra
High Jump: Ariane Friedrich, Meike Kröger
Pole Vault: Silke Spiegelburg, Anna Battke, Kristina Gadschiew
Long Jump: Melanie Bauschke
Triple Jump: Katja Demut
Shot Put: Denise Hinrichs, Petra Lammert
Pentathlon: Sonja Kesselschläger, Christine Schulz