Merle Homeier

Merle Homeier (born 27 August 1999) is a German track and field athlete who competes as a long jumper.

Merle Homeier
Homeier in 2022
Personal information
Born (1999-08-27) 27 August 1999
Bückeburg
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)Long Jump
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Germany
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2021 Tallinn Long Jump

Early life

Homeier studied biology at Leibniz University Hannover. In 2018 she became the German U20 long jump champion indoors and was runner up to Lea-Jasmine Riecke at the U20 German outdoor championships.[1]

Career

Homeier came second at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships jumping a personal best 6.69m to finish behind Hungarian Petra Farkas.[2] In Leipzig, in February 2022, Homeier finished runner up at the German indoor championships to Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo.[3]

In Eugene, Oregon in July 2022 Homeier competed in the 2020 World Athletics Championships but failed to finish in the qualifying positions for the final. Competing in difficult wind conditions she didn't improve on a jump of 6.09 metres.[4] In August 2022 Homeier qualified for the final with a 6.49m jump at the 2022 European Championships long jump competition in Munich,[5] and in the final finished ninth overall.[6]

References
  1. "Merle Homeier is having a great 2018". Sportbuzzer.de.
  2. "Results.European-Athletics.com".
  3. "Day 2 of the indoor championships: Malaika Mihambo towers over, Hamburg becomes a sprint stronghold". leichtathletik.de.
  4. "Merle Homeier jumps to 6.09 meters in difficult wind conditions". NLV-LA.De.
  5. "Lückenkemper races to EM gold over 100 meters". Sportschau.de.
  6. "European Championships 2022:60 Medaillen, 24 Mal Gold – Deutschland gewinnt Nations-Trophy als beste Nation". rp-online.de.

Merle Homeier at World Athletics

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