Sophia Junk

Sophia Junk
Junk in 2019
Personal information
Born (1999-03-01) 1 March 1999
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests60 m: 7.20 (2025)
100 m: 11.26 (2024)
200 m 22.53 (2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 Paris4 × 100 m relay
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2025 Tokyo4 × 100 m relay
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Gävle4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place2021 Tallinn200 m
Gold medal – first place2021 Tallinn4 × 100 m relay
World U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Tampere4 × 100 m relay
European U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Grosseto4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place2017 Grosseto200 m

Sophia Junk (born 1 March 1999) is a German sprinter. She has competed at multiple major championships, including the 2024 Olympic Games.[1]

Biography

Junk won silver at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships in Grosseto in the 200 metres. She was also part of the German 4 × 100 m relay team that broke the U18 world record at those European Championships.[2][3]

In 2018 she won gold as part of the German 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere.[4][5] She also ran in the individual 200 metres at the championships, placing fifth in the final.[6]

At the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships in Sweden, she won gold as part of the German 4 × 100 m relay team. She won silver in the 200 metres and gold in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn.[2][7]

In 2022 she competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon in the 200 metres.[8]

In 2024 she was a member of the German 4 × 100 metres relay team at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.[9][10] She ran in the heats for the Germany relay team in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics, earning a bronze medal when the team finished third in the final.[11][12]

Junk ran in the 60 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, recording a personal best 7.20 seconds in the heats, and running 7.21 seconds in the semi-finals. but did not qualify for the final.[13] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Women's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025.[14] She ran a personal best 22.52 seconds for the 200 metres as she finished third competing for Germany at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Madrid in June 2025.[15] She placed second in the 100 metres at the German Athletics Championships in August 2025 in Dresden, running 11.33 seconds to finish behind Gina Lückenkemper.[16]

In September 2025, she was a semi-finalist in the 200 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[17][18] Junk also ran in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the championships, winning the bronze medal with the German team.[19]

Junk placed fifth behind new German champion Philina Schwartz at the German Indoor Championships 60 metres race on 28 February 2026.[20] She was named for the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana, and ran in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay and in the mixed 4 × 100 metres relay team which both qualified from the heats on the opening day of competition, setting a European record in the mixed race.[21][22] In August 2026, she competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, in the women's 200 metres, reaching the semi-finals.[23] She also competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the championships.[24]

Personal life

Junk started training in athletics at seven years old. She is a member of LG Rhein-Wied. She became a member the Rhineland-Palatinate State Police in 2018.[25]

References

  1. ↑ "Sophia Junk". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Sprinting through life". wochenspiegellive.de. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Great Britain charges up medals table with trio of gold in Tampere". World Athletics. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Junk: Sprinted confidently to two finals". lvrheinland. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "European athletes win 14 gold medals at World U20 Championships". European Athletics. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "200 Metres women - IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018". World Athletics. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Ceh breaks championship record to win in Tallinn". World Athletics. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "INTERVIEW WITH YOUNG PUMA SPRINT ATHLETE & EUROPEAN U23 CHAMPION SOPHIA JUNE". puma-catchup. September 2, 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "LÜCKENKEMPER AND CO. STRONG". sport1.de. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Women 4x100m Results - European Athletics Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Women's 4 x 100 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  12. ↑ "Athletics, 4x100m relay: German women's team qualifies for the final". Olympics.com. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "Women's 60m Results - European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 9 March 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "Women's 4x100 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  15. ↑ "Iapichino and Fabbri contribute to Italy's victory at European Team Championships". worldathletics.org. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  16. ↑ "German championships". World Athletics. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  17. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  18. ↑ "76 für Tokio: Das deutsche WM-Team steht". Leichtathletik.de. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  19. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  20. ↑ "WM-Normen im Sprint-Showdown sorgen für krönenden Tages-Abschluss". Leichtathletik. 28 Feb 2026. Retrieved 28 Feb 2026.
  21. ↑ "Jamaica set mixed 4x100m world record of 39.99 in Gaborone". World Athletics. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  22. ↑ Mills, Steven (2 May 2026). "Germany establishes inaugural European mixed 4x100m record at World Relays". European Athletics. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  23. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  24. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  25. ↑ "Sprinter Sophia Junk on her path to becoming a professional athlete". vereinsticket.de. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
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