Lena Urbaniak

Lena Urbaniak (born 31 October 1992 in Schwäbisch Gmünd^[3]) is a German athlete specialising in the shot put.^[4] She won the gold medal at the 2015 Summer Universiade.

Lena Urbaniak

Urbaniak in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1992-10-31) 31 October 1992 (age 32) Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Education	Hochschule Ansbach[1] Ansbach University of Applied Sciences[2]
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	Shot put
Club	LG Filstal
Coached by	Peter Salzer

Her personal bests in the event are 18.02 metres outdoors (Kassel 2016) and 18.32 metres indoors (Karlsruhe 2016).

In her youth she also competed in gymnastics, handball and karate.^[3]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Germany
2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	1st	Shot put	15.28 m
			6th	Discus throw	48.56 m
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	10th	Shot put	15.09 m
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	1st	Shot put	16.31 m
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	3rd	Shot put	16.98 m
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	8th	Shot put	17.77 m
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	11th (q)	Shot put	16.49 m
	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	1st	Shot put	18.00 m
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	7th	Shot put	17.91 m
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	13th (q)	Shot put	16.83 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	30th (q)	Shot put	16.62 m
2017	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	7th	Shot put	16.72 m

References

1. 2015 WSG profile Archived 2015-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
2. 2017 WSG profile
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. Lena Urbaniak at World Athletics