Tatyana Lofamakanda Pinto ( German: Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto ; born July 2, 1992 , Munster , Germany ) is a German athlete specializing in sprinting . 2012 European champion in the relay 4 × 100 meters. European champion among juniors ( 2011 ) and youth ( 2013 ). Three-time champion of Germany. Participant in the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics .
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| Full name | Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date and place of birth | July 2, 1992 (aged 27) Munster , Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 170 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | LC Paderborn | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trainers | Thomas Prange | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sports career | 2008 - n. at. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal records | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 100 m | 11.00 (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 200 m | 23.02 (2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal records in the room | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 60 m | 7.07 (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Tatyana's father is Portuguese, and his mother is from Angola [1] . Before getting into athletics at age 14, Tatyana managed to try herself in swimming, volleyball and ballet. However, she had the most successful career in sprinting [2] .
In 2009, she made her debut at the European Youth Olympic Festival, where she took fifth place in the 100 meter race. The following season, she won the silver medal at the junior world championship in the relay 4 × 100 meters, and she finished sixth in the hundred-meter race. A year later, at the European Championship among juniors, she won a bronze medal in the 100 meter race and a gold medal in the relay, with a new continent's record for athletes under 20 years old (43.42).
In 2012, she reached the personal finals at the European Championships , where she became the eighth, and in the relay race as part of the German national team, she ran in the third stage and won gold. Participated in the Olympic Games in London , becoming the fifth in the final of the relay 4 × 100 meters.
At the European Youth Championship in 2013, she finished third at the distance of 100 meters and the first in the relay with a new championship record - 43.29.
Participated in the semifinals of the 2013 World Cup in person, remained in fourth place in the relay: the Germans lost only 0.03 seconds in the fight for the bronze medal.
For the first time in her career, she became the champion of the country in 2014, when she was able to beat the strongest 100-meter runner of the country Ferena Sailer . However, two weeks later at the European Championships she could not go beyond the semi-finals.
She won the bronze medal of the 2016 continental championship in the relay and was the sixth in the personal finals of the 100-meter race. At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, she reached the semifinals of the hundred-meter race, and in the relay 4 × 100 meters she stopped one step away from the podium: the Germans finished fourth.
A personal record in the 100-meter run, 11.00, set in July 2016 at the competitions in Mannheim .
Key Results
| Year | Tournament | Location | Discipline | A place | Result |
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| 2009 | European Youth Festival | Tampere , Finland | 100 m | 5th | 12.01 |
| relay race 4 × 100 m | 5th | 47.29 | |||
| 2010 | World Junior Championship | Moncton , Canada | 100 m | 6th | 11.80 |
| relay race 4 × 100 m | 2nd | 43.74 | |||
| 2011 | European Junior Championship | Tallinn , Estonia | 100 m | 3rd | 11.48 |
| relay race 4 × 100 m | 1st | 43,42 | |||
| 2012 | Europe championship | Helsinki , Finland | 100 m | 8th | 11.62 |
| relay race 4 × 100 m | 1st | 42.51 | |||
| Olympic Games | London , UK | 100 m | 31st (forget) | 11.39 | |
| relay race 4 × 100 m | 5th | 42.67 | |||
| 2013 | European Team Championship | Gateshead , UK | 100 m | 3rd | 11.72 |
| relay race 4 × 100 m | 2nd | 43.15 | |||
| European Youth Championship | Tampere , Finland | 100 m | 3rd | 11.50 | |
| relay race 4 × 100 m | 1st | 43.29 | |||
| World Championship | Moscow , Russia | 100 m | 24th (1/2) | 11.49 | |
| relay race 4 × 100 m | 4th | 42.90 | |||
| 2014 | World Relay Championship | Nassau , Bahamas | relay race 4 × 100 m | 6th | 43.38 |
| European Team Championship | Braunschweig , Germany | relay race 4 × 100 m | 6th | 43.78 | |
| Europe championship | Zurich , Switzerland | 100 m | 16th (1/2) | 11.48 | |
| relay race 4 × 100 m | - (forget) | DNF | |||
| 2015 | World Relay Championship | Nassau , Bahamas | relay race 4 × 100 m | - (forget) | DNF |
| European Team Championship | Cheboksary , Russia | 100 m | 4th | 11.52 | |
| relay race 4 × 100 m | 3rd | 43.21 | |||
| 2016 | Indoor World Championship | Portland , USA | 60 m | 14th (1/2) | 7.22 |
| Europe championship | Amsterdam , Netherlands | 100 m | 6th | 11.33 | |
| relay race 4 × 100 m | 3rd | 42.48 | |||
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil | 100 m | 21st (1/2) | 11.32 | |
| relay race 4 × 100 m | 4th | 42.10 |
Notes
Links
- Profile of Tatyana Pinto on the German Athletics Federation website
- Tatyana Pinto - profile on the IAAF website
- Tatyana Pinto's profile on all-athletics.com
- Profile of Tatyana Pinto on the website of the European Athletics Association