Christopher Linke

{{Short description|German racewalker (born 1988)}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| image = ChristopherLinke 1.JPG

| image_size =

| caption = Linke at the 2015 European Cup Race Walking

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Potsdam, East Germany

| height = 1.91 m

| weight = 66 kg

| country = {{GER}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = 50km Race Walk

| pb =

  • 20 km: 1:18:12 (2023) NR
  • 35 km: 2:27:05 (2023) NR
  • 50 km: 3:47:33 (2012)

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}

{{Medal|Country|{{GER}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2022 Munich|35 km walk}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Race Walking Team Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2025 Poděbrady|35 km walk}}

}}

Christopher Linke (born 24 October 1988 in Potsdam) is a German race walker.{{World Athletics}}{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/christopher-linke-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221605/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/christopher-linke-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|title=Christopher Linke|access-date=2017-09-24}} He competed in the 50 km event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing in 24th place. In the 20 km event at the 2016 Olympics, he finished in 5th place. He also finished in 5th at the 2017 World Championships in that event. In 2019, he competed in the men's 20 kilometres walk at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.{{Cite web|title=Men's 20 kilometres walk – Final|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-20KR-M-f----.RS6.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724101622/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-20KR-M-f----.RS6.pdf|archive-date=24 July 2020|access-date=24 July 2020|website=2019 World Athletics Championships}} He finished in 4th place.

Competition record

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colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}}
rowspan=2|2007

|European Race Walking Cup

|Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

|7th

|10 km walk

|42:10

European Junior Championships

|Hengelo, Netherlands

|6th

|10,000 m walk

|42:11.94

2008

|World Race Walking Cup

|Cheboksary, Russia

|69th

|20 km walk

|1:27:49

2009

|European U23 Championships

|Kaunas, Lithuania

|4th

|20 km walk

|1:24:29

2010

|European Championships

|Barcelona, Spain

| –

|50 km walk

|DNF

rowspan=2|2011

|European Race Walking Cup

|Olhão, Portugal

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|50 km walk

|3:52:56

World Championships

|Daegu, South Korea

|21st

|20 km walk

|1:24:17

rowspan=2|2012

|World Race Walking Cup

|Saransk, Russia

|5th

|50 km walk

|3:47:33

Olympic Games

|London, United Kingdom

|24th

|50 km walk

|3:49:19

rowspan=2|2013

|European Race Walking Cup

|Dudince, Slovakia

|10th

|20 km walk

|1:23:28

World Championships

|Moscow, Russia

|9th

|20 km walk

|1:22:36

2014

|European Championships

|Zürich, Switzerland

|5th

|20 km walk

|1:21:00

rowspan=3|2015

|rowspan=2|European Race Walking Cup

|rowspan=2|Murcia, Spain

|7th

|20 km

|1:22:06

bgcolor=gold|1st

|Team - 20 km

|32 pts

World Championships

|Beijing, China

|38th

|20 km walk

|1:26:10

rowspan=2|2016

|World Race Walking Team Championships

|Rome, Italy

|10th

|20 km walk

|1:20:40

Olympic Games

|Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|5th

|20 km walk

|1:20:00

2017

|World Championships

|London, United Kingdom

|5th

|20 km walk

|1:19:21

References

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