Julia Ehrle

Julia Ehrle
Personal information
Born (2007-08-12) 12 August 2007
Sport
SportAthletics
Events
Long-distance running, Cross country running
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Germany
European U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2025 Tampere5000 m
European U18 Championships
Silver medal – second place2024 Banská Bystrica3000 m
World Mountain Running Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 CanfrancU20 Mountain Classic

Julia Ehrle (born 12 August 2007) is a German long-distance and cross country runner. She won the gold medal in the women's under-20 race at the 2025 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships.[1]

Biography

From Villingen in Baden-Württemberg, Ehrle won her first German age-group national title at the German Youth Athletics Championships in Rostock as a 15-year-old, when she won the under-18 3000 metres race in July 2023.[2]

Ehrle was a silver medalist over 3000 metres at the 2024 European Athletics U18 Championships in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.[3] She became the U20 European Mountain Running Champion as a 17-year-old, and won the under-20 race at the Sparkassen Cross in Pforzheim in November 2024.[4] She placed fourth in the under-20 race at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey.[5]

Ehrle was a bronze medalist over 5000 metres at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, running a personal best of 15:44.06, her first time under sixteen minutes in just her fifth race at the distance.[6][7]

She won the gold medal in the U20 women’s race at the 2025 World Mountain and Trail Running Championships.[5][8] That year, she won the German under-20 cross country championships.[5] She was selected for the 2025 European Cross Country Championships in Portugal.[9]

In June 2026, Ehrle won the U20 up-and-downhill mountain race at the European Athletics Off-Road Running Championships in Ljubljana-Kamnik, Slovenia, also winning the bronze medal in the uphill race.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Julia Ehrle". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  2. ↑ Zwick, Annemarie (24 Jul 2023). "Julia Ehrle is also the best German on the track". badische-zeitung.de. Retrieved 11 Dec 2025.
  3. ↑ "European Athletics U18 Championships". World Athletics. 18 July 2024. Retrieved 11 Dec 2025.
  4. ↑ "Julia Ehrle and David Scheller were the first on the plane to Antalya". Leichtathletik.de. 9 Nov 2024. Retrieved 11 Dec 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 Broadbent, Chris (29 Nov 2025). "World U20 mountain running champion Ehrle wins at German Cross Country Championships". European Athletics. Retrieved 11 Dec 2025.
  6. ↑ Broadbent, Chris (7 Aug 2025). "FitzGerald wins her first ever track title with 5000m gold in Tampere 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 11 Dec 2025.
  7. ↑ "Julia Ehrle shatters her personal best and storms to bronze". Leichtathletik. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 11 Dec 2025.
  8. ↑ Broadbent, Chris (28 Sep 2025). "Engelhard completes world mountain double and Ehrle wins U20 gold in glorious finale for Germany". European Athletics. Retrieved 11 Dec 2025.
  9. ↑ Mills, Steven (9 Dec 2025). "Lagoa 2025 women's U20 preview - FitzGerald poised for hat-trick of titles". European Athletics. Retrieved 11 Dec 2025.
  10. ↑ Molidor, Klaus (7 Jun 2026). "Julia Ehrle strikes back as France's takes a one-two in U20 up and downhill mountain races". European Athletics. Retrieved 9 June 2026.