Ulrike Urbansky
Appearance
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Ulrike Leyckes (née Urbansky; 6 April 1977 in Jena) is a German former athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. She competed in the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004, each time reaching the semi-final. Her personal best time is 54.57 seconds, achieved in July 2000 in Barcelona. She retired from competitive sport in 2009.[1]
She married decathlete Dennis Leyckes in September 2008.
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1994 | World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:36.65 |
1995 | European Junior Championships | Nyíregyháza, Hungary | 2nd | 400 m hurdles | 57.21 |
1996 | World Junior Championships | Sydney, Australia | 1st | 400m hurdles | 56.65 |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:31.12 | |||
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 6th | 400 m hurdles | 55.38 |
World Cup | Johannesburg, South Africa | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:24.26 | |
1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 4th | 4 × 400 m relay[2] | 3:29.06 |
Universiade | Palma, Spain | 3rd | 400 m hurdles[3] | 54.93 | |
European U23 Championships | Göteborg, Sweden | 2nd | 400m hurdles | 56.08 | |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:29.37 | |||
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:28.39 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Karriereende für Hürdenläuferin Leyckes (Career end for hurdler Leyckes)". Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. FUNKE DIGITAL GmbH. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ 1999 World Indoor Championships, women's 4x400 m relay final – Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- ^ World Student Games (Universiade – Women) – GBR Athletics
External links
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Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Jena
- People from Bezirk Gera
- German female hurdlers
- Olympic athletes for Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
- German national athletics champions
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Germany
- Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade
- 20th-century German women
- German hurdler stubs