Shanice Craft
Personal information | |
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Born | 15 May 1993 |
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Sport | |
Country | Germany |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Discus, Shot put |
Shanice Craft (born 15 May 1993 in Mannheim) is a German athlete who competes in the discus throw and shot put.[1] She won three consecutive bronze medals in the discus throw at the 2014, 2016 and 2018 European Championships. In addition, she won multiple medals in various junior categories.
Her mother is an African-American former U.S. Army soldier and her father is German.[2][3]
Competition record[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Germany | |||||
2009 | World Youth Championships | Brixen, Italy | 3rd | Discus throw | 49.15 m |
2010 | Youth Olympic Games | Singapore | 1st | Discus throw | 55.49 m |
2011 | European Junior Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 1st | Discus throw | 58.65 m |
2012 | World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | Shot put | 17.15 m |
2nd | Discus throw | 60.42 m | |||
2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 11th (q) | Shot put | 17.30 m |
European Cup Winter Throwing (U23) | Castellón, Spain | 1st | Discus throw | 60.14 m | |
European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 2nd | Shot put | 17.29 m | |
2nd | Discus throw | 58.64 m | |||
2014 | European Cup Winter Throwing (U23) | Leiria, Portugal | 1st | Discus throw | 64.16 m |
European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 3rd | Discus throw | 64.33 m | |
2015 | European U23 Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 2nd | Shot put | 17.29 m |
1st | Discus throw | 63.83 m | |||
World Championships | Beijing, China | 7th | Discus throw | 63.10 m | |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3rd | Discus throw | 63.89 m |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 11th | Discus throw | 59.85 m | |
2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 3rd | Discus throw | 62.46 m |
Personal bests[]
Outdoor
- Shot put – 17.75 (Ulm 2014)
- Discus throw – 65.88 (Ulm 2014)
Indoor
- Shot put – 17.66 (Dortmund 2013)
References[]
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Categories:
- German female shot putters
- German female discus throwers
- 1993 births
- Living people
- German people of African-American descent
- Sportspeople from Mannheim
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Germany
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for Germany
- Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- German athletics biography stubs