Marc Blume

Marc Blume
Personal information
Born (1973-12-28) 28 December 1973 (age 51)
Lüdinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Country Germany
SportAthletics
Event100 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 60 metres: 6.54
  • 100 metres: 10.13
  • 200 metres: 20.47
Medal record
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Stockholm 60 m
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Munich 4 × 100 m relay

Marc Blume (born 28 December 1973 in Lüdinghausen) is a German sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres.

Biography

He is the twin brother of Holger Blume. Both represented the sports club TV Wattenscheid. With a personal best of 10.13 seconds, Blume is fifth on the German all-time list.[1]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Germany
1992 World Junior Championships Seoul, South Korea 6th 100m 10.57 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
11th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 43.93
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 5th (quarterfinals) 100 m 10.32, PB
6th 4 × 100 m relay 38.78
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th 100m 10.40 (wind: -0.5 m/s) SB
6th 4 × 100 m relay 39.36
1995 World Indoors Barcelona, Spain 5th 60 m 6.59, PB
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 7th (quarterfinals) 100 m 10.40
5th (heats) 200 m 20.86, PB
1996 European Indoors Stockholm, Sweden 1st 60 m 6.62
Summer Olympics[2] Atlanta, United States 6th (quarterfinals) 100 m 10.33
— 4 × 100 m relay DNF
1997 World Indoors Paris, France 2nd (heats) 60 m 6.67
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th 4 × 100 m relay 39.09, SB
World Cup Johannesburg, South Africa 7th 100 m 10.30, SB
7th 4 × 100 m relay 38.89
1999 World Indoors Maebashi, Japan 11th 60 m 6.59
World Championships Seville, Spain 4th (heats) 4 × 100 m relay 38.84
2000 European Indoors Ghent, Belgium =11th 60 m 6.74
Summer Olympics[2] Sydney, Australia =36th 100 m 10.42
2002 European Indoors Vienna, Austria 10th 60 m 6.70
— 200 m DNF
European Championships Munich, Germany 12th 100 m 10.38
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 38.88
World Cup Madrid, Spain 7th 100 m 10.46
— 4 × 100 m relay DSQ
2003 World Championships Paris, France — 4 × 100 m relay DNF
2005 European Indoors Madrid, Spain 10th 60 m 6.71
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 7th 4 × 100 m relay 38.48, SB

See also

References

  1. ^ ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.
  2. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marc Blume". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.