Jonna Valesca Tilgner (born November 18, 1984, in

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) is a German sprinter and hurdler, who specialized in the

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. She won two medals, silver and bronze, in the women's 400 m hurdles at the

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, and at the

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, clocking at 56.27 and 56.02 seconds, respectively. Tilgner is also a member of Bremer Leichtathletik Team, and is coached and trained by Jens Ellrott. Tilgner competed for the women's 4 × 400 m relay at the

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, along with her teammates Claudia Hoffmann, Florence Ekpo-Umoh, and Sorina Nwachukwu. Running the start-off leg, Tilgner recorded her individual-split time of 53.12 seconds, and the German team went on to an eighth-place finish in the final, for a total time of 3:28.45.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
German female sprinters German female hurdlers Living people Olympic athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes from Hanover Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) 1984 births FISU World University Games silver medalists for Germany FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub