Johanna Martin
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 April 2006 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 400m: 51.30 (Rehlingen, 2026) Indoor 400m: 51.92 (Dortmund, 2026) | ||||||||||||||
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Johanna Martin (born 10 April 2006) is a German sprinter. In 2026, she won her third consecutive title at the German Indoor Athletics Championships over 400 metres.[1]
Biography
2024
In February 2024, aged 17 years-old, Martin ran at her State Indoor Championships in Neubrandenburg. She reached the 60 metres final, where she significantly improved her personal best to 7.76seconds and missed the win by a thousandth of a second. She did secure the win in the 400 metres at the Championships, running an overall personal best of 52.76 seconds, and faster than any German U20 athlete had ever been in an indoor event using electronic timing. This put her first in the rankings among German women and second in the U20 world rankings.[2] Later that month, Martin she also became German senior national indoor champion over 400 metres, competing in Leipzig.[3] She won her heat in 52.55 to move to fourth on the European indoor all-time U20 list, and won the final with a time of 52.71 seconds.[4]
She ran as part of the German Mixed 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[5] At the event, her German team qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[6]
In May 2024, she was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[7] In August 2024, she finished fourth in the 400 metres race at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, running a 52.49 seconds personal best in the final.[8]
2025
At the German U20 Indoor Championships in February 2025 in Dortmund, Martin set a new European U20 indoor record with a time of 52.22 for the 400 metres at the age of 18-years-old, to surpass the previous record of 52.37, held by Finland's Ella Räsänen since 2013.[9] That month, again in Dortmund, she retained her German indoor 400 metres title, running a time of 52.30 seconds.[10] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025.[11] She also competed in the Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay at the event.[12]
She represented Germany at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships, where she ran a personal best 51.55 seconds for the 400 metres.[13] She won the silver medal over 400 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland.[14]
She was selected for the German team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where she ran in the women's x 400 metres relay and in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.[15][16][17]
2026
Martin secured a third consecutive national title in the 400 metres at the 2026 German Indoor Athletics Championships in Dortmund, running a new indoors personal best of 51.92 seconds in the heats.[18] On 24 May, Martin improved her overall personal best to 51.30 in Rehlingen, finishing runner-up to Paris Peoples of the United States.[19] Competing at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, in August, she was a semi-finalist in the 400 metres.[20]
Personal life
She is from Rostock.[21] She will attend the University of Texas on a full ride scholarship starting in August 2026, following in the footsteps of the German Decathlete Leo Neugebauer.[22]
References
- ↑ "Johanna Martin". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ↑ "JOHANNA MARTIN WITH A BEST PERFORMANCE". 0381-magazin.de. February 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ↑ Gericke, Andre (February 20, 2024). "Johanna Martin from Rostock is supposed to lead the German 400 meter relay team to the Olympics". nnn.de. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ↑ "Fast 60m hurdles finals highlight Swiss and French Indoor Championships". European Athletics. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ↑ "Mixed 4x400m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ↑ "Zwei deutsche Staffeln schlagen den Weg nach Paris ein". Leichtathletik.de. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ↑ "DLV vergibt weitere EM-Startplätze für Rom an Normerfüller und Staffelmitglieder". Leichtathletikaccessdate=29 May 2024. 29 May 2024.
- ↑ "Women's 400m Results - World Athletics Junior U20 Championships 2024". watch athletics. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ↑ "Johanna Martin Sets European U20 Indoor 400m Record in Dortmund". European Athletics. 19 February 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ↑ "German Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ↑ "Women's 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ "Mixed 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ "European Athletics Team Championships First Division". World Athletics. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ↑ "THREE GOLDS FOR BRITAIN ON DAY THREE OF THE EUROPEAN U20 CHAMPS". Athletics Weekly. 9 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 13 Sep 2025. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 20 Sep 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ "76 für Tokio: Das deutsche WM-Team steht". Leichtathletik.de. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ↑ "Martin and Probst celebrate title hat trick, Alexander Stepanov storms to the best time on his own". Leichtathletik.de. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ "61. Internationales Pfingstsportfest Rehlingen". World Athletics. 24 March 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- ↑ "Crazy!" – Johanna Martin from Rostock wins her Olympic ticket with the mixed relay". ostsee-zeitung.de. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ↑ Ehlers, Stefan. "Rostocker Sprint-Talent zieht es in die USA: Johanna Martin studiert nach dem Abi an Top-Uni". OZ - Ostsee Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 2025-12-19. Retrieved 2026-07-23.