Monika Merl (née Grądzka; born 21 September 1979 in
Sztum
Sztum () (; formerly german: Stuhm) is a town in northern Poland in the region, located in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is the capital of Sztum County, with some 10,141 inhabitants (2004).
History
Signs of settlement dating back to the Roma ...
, Poland) is a German
800 metres
The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since th ...
runner and former champion in the 800 meters in Germany.
Career
Merl finished fifth at the
2005 European Indoor Championships and competed at the
2004 World Indoor Championships,
2005 World Championships and the
2006 European Championships without reaching the finals.
Her personal best time is 2:00.16 minutes, achieved in August 2006 in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...
.
She represented the athletics club
TV Wattenscheid 01
TV Wattenscheid 01 Leichtathletik is a German sports club focused on athletics. Founded in 1971 in Wattenscheid, Bochum in the Western part of Germany, the club's history is linked to that of an older club, ''Turnverein Wattenscheid 01'', a gymna ...
prior to her retirement from the sport.
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
People from Sztum
Athletes from Pomeranian Voivodeship
Polish emigrants to Germany
German female middle-distance runners
German national athletics champions
Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
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