Lucas Krappe (born 27 November 2003) is a German sprinter.[1]

Lukas Krappe
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (2003-11-27) 27 November 2003 (age 20)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)400m: 46.21 (Regensburg, 2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Germany
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rome 4×400 m relay

Early life

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From Berlin, he joined the SCC Berlin athletics club in 2018.[2]

Career

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He was runner-up at the German under-20 championships in the 400 metres in 2022. He ran a personal best 47.25 seconds and reached the semi finals at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia in August 2022.[3][4]

He was runner-up at the German U23 Championships over 400 metres in Gottingen in July 2023, running 47.10 seconds.[5][6] He competed for Germany at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo.[7]

In May 2024, he was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships taking place in Rome in June 2024.[8] At the championships, he ran as part of the bronze-medal winning German 4 x 400 metres relay team.[9][10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "Lukas Krappe". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Part 7 of the portrait series of the degewo junior team: New talents ready for 2022". Degwo. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Lukas Krappe in the top 30 in the world". Leichtathletik. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Men's 400m Results: World Athletics Junior U20 Championships 2022". Watch Athletics. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. ^ "German U23 Championships". World Athletics. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Crazy final spurt! 18-year-old VfL talent surprisingly becomes German U23 champion". waz-online.de. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  7. ^ "U23 European Championships Day 3 - The DLV athletes in the preliminary rounds". Leichtathletik.de. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  8. ^ "DLV vergibt weitere EM-Startplätze für Rom an Normerfüller und Staffelmitglieder". Leichtathletikaccessdate=29 May 2024. 29 May 2024.
  9. ^ "LÜCKENKEMPER AND CO. STRONG". Aport1.de. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  10. ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  11. ^ "11 gold medals! Tortu anchors Italy to 4x100m victory in Roma 2024". European Athletics. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.