Lilly Kaden

German sprinter (born 2001)
  • 2016 German U16s
  •  • 100m, 3rd Bronze
  • 2019 German U20s
  •  • 100m, 4th
  • 2020 German Champs
  •  • 100m, 6th
  •  • 200m, 8th
  • 2020 German U20s
  •  • 100m, 1st Gold
  • 2021 German Champs
  •  • 200m, 6th
  • 2021 German U23s
  •  • 100m, 2nd Silver
  • 2022 German Indoors
  •  • 60m, 8th
  •  • 200m, 3rd Bronze
Personal bests
  • 100m: 11.28 (+1.3) (2021)
  • 200m: 23.21 (+0.6) (2022)
Medal record
Updated on 29 December 2023

Lilly Kaden (born 6 September 2001) is a German sprinter. She won double gold medals at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships, in the 100 m and 4 × 100 m relay.

Biography

Kaden is from Winterbach, Baden-Württemberg where she started competing in athletics at the age of 7.[2] Her grandfather Paul Ivanfi was a noted high jumper.[2] She was initially a member of the FC Schalke 04 athletics club, but when the head coach Timo Krampen changed careers in 2020, Kaden switched to the LG Olympia Dortmund club coached by Thomas Kremer and sprint specialist Thomas Czarnetzki.[2] She studied at the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen Bocholt Recklinghausen [de] in Gelsenkirchen.[2]

In July 2021, Kaden won double gold at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships, in the 100 m and 4 × 100 m events.[3]

In August 2021, Kaden was featured in the German TV program "Lokalzeit aus Dortmund".[4]

In 2022, Kaden was injured at the Sparkassen Gala in Regensburg. Despite a partial recovery and meeting the performance standard, she had to miss the 2022 World Athletics Championships due to a related thigh injury.[5][1]

Kaden competed in the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in both the 100 m and 4 × 100 m events again, but she did not advance out of the semifinals in the 100 m and the German team finished 4th in the relay.[1]

Statistics

Personal bests

Event Mark Place Competition Venue Date Ref
100 metres 11.28 (+1.3 m/s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
(semifinal #3)
European Athletics U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 8 July 2021 [1]
200 metres 23.21 (+0.6 m/s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
(round B)
PURE Athletics Global Invitational Clermont, Florida 1 May 2022 [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Lilly Kaden at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Lilly Kaden überrascht mit ihrem 100-Meter-Titel bei der U23-EM". Westphalian Football and Athletics Association (in German).
  3. ^ "Gold for sprinter Jeremiah Azu in Tallinn". Athletics Weekly.
  4. ^ "Sprinterin Lilly Kaden zu Gast in der "Lokalzeit aus Dortmund"". Westphalian Football and Athletics Association (in German).
  5. ^ "Lilly Kaden bleibt trotz verletzungsbedingter WM-Absage optimistisch". Westphalian Football and Athletics Association (in German).
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