Annika Schleu

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Annika Schleu

Annika Schleu in 2012
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 (age 31) Berlin, Germany
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Modern Pentathlon
Medal record Women's modern pentathlon Representing  Germany World Championships 2011 Moscow Team 2012 Rome Relay 2016 Moscow Relay 2017 Cairo Relay 2021 Cairo Team 2011 Moscow Relay 2015 Berlin Team 2018 Mexico City Individual 2018 Mexico City Relay 2010 Chengdu Team 2016 Moscow Team 2017 Cairo Team 2018 Mexico City Team 2019 Budapest Team European Championships 2014 Székesfehérvár Team 2015 Bath Relay 2017 Minsk Relay 2011 Medway Team 2011 Medway Relay 2014 Székesfehérvár Relay 2015 Bath Team 2013 Drzonków Team 2013 Drzonków Relay

Annika Schleu (born 3 April 1990) is a German modern pentathlete. She won the gold medal of the relay event at the 2012 World Championships and 2017 World Championships. She has competed in three Olympic Games, finishing in 26th place in 2012 and in 4th place in 2016. ^[2]

She was born in Berlin, Germany.^[3]

Individual events[]

She won the silver medal at the 2018 World Championships.^[4] At junior level, she also won silver at the 2008 European Junior Championships.^[5]

Schleu was leading the competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when she was unable to successfully complete the show jumping event, moving her from first to last place, and an eventual 31st place.^[6][7] Her trainer, Kim Raisner was sent home from the Olympics after footage showed her seemingly punch Schleu's assigned horse for not performing in a desired manner.^[8] The horse named Saint Boy was randomly assigned from a pool of 18 and had also refused to jump for Russian Olympic Committee athlete Gulnaz Gubaydullina, refusing three barriers. Schleu has also faced a backlash against her repeated use of the whip and rough handling of her horse.^[9] The incident prompted German Olympic team member and equestrian medal record holder Isabell Werth to criticize Pentathlon's use of horses; she stated that "Pentathlon has nothing to do with equestrian sport" and treats sensitive creatures as "a means of transport to which the athletes have no connection."^[10] Werth also expressed sympathy for Schleu, whom she saw as a victim of the system of the sport.^[11]

Team events[]

With Lena Schöneborn, Schleu won the women's relay gold medal at the 2016 and 2017 World Championships.^[12][13] Schleu had previously been in the 2012 women's relay gold medal winning team with Schöneborn and Janine Kohlmann.^[14] She had already won silver in 2011 with Schöneborn and Eva Trautmann, at both the European Championships and the World Championships.^[15][16]

She was also part of the German women's relay team that won the silver medal at the 2014 and 2017 European Championship, alongside Lena Schöneborn.^[17][18] She again won silver at the 2018 World Championships, this time with Ronja Steinborn.^[19] At the 2013 European Championships, she won the bronze medal teaming with Schöneborn and Claudia Knack.^[20]

At Junior level, she was part of the German team which won the mixed relay gold at the 2011 Junior World Championships.^[21]

References[]

External links[]

• Annika Schleu at UIPM
• "Information on scoring". Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
• Annika Schleu at the International Olympic Committee
• Annika Schleu at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)