Shanice Craft
{{Short description|German athlete (born 1993)}}
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| caption = Shanice Craft in 2015.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|5|15|df=y}}
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| height = {{height|m=1.85}}
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| country = {{GER}}
| sport = Athletics
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{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Zürich|Discus throw}}
{{MedalBronze|2016 Amsterdam|Discus throw}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Berlin|Discus throw}}
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Shanice Craft (born 15 May 1993 in Mannheim) is a German athlete who competes in the discus throw and shot put. She won three consecutive bronze medals in the discus throw at the 2014, 2016 and 2018 European Championships. In addition, she won multiple medals in various junior categories.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/germany/shanice-craft-14361931 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=30 April 2025|title=Shanice Craft}}
Career
She won the gold medal in the discus throw at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Barcelona, Spain.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7033300?eventId=10229530 |accessdate=30 April 2025|date= 10 July 2012|title= IAAF World Junior Championships}} She won a bronze medal at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich, Switzerland with a throw of 64.33 metres.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7049119?eventId=10229531 |accessdate=30 April 2025|date= 12 August 2014|title= Zürich European Championships}} She finished seventh in the final of the discus throw at the 2015 World Athletics Championships in Beijing.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7078726?eventId=10229531|website=World Athletics|accessdate=30 April 2025|title= IAAF World Championships|date=22 August 2015}}
She won a bronze medal at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands with a throw of 63.89 metres.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7093750?eventId=10229531 |accessdate=30 April 2025|date=6 July 2016 |title= European Athletics Championships}} She competed for Germany at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.{{cite web|url= https://www.heidelberg24.de/sport/mehr-sport/frankfurt-diese-sportler-metropolregion-rhein-neckar-sind-olympia-dabei-6564569.html|website= heidelberg24.de|accessdate=30 April 2025|title= These athletes from the region are in Rio|date=July 15, 2016|first=Nils|last=Wollenschläger}} She won a bronze medal at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, with a throw of 62.89 metres.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7105084?eventId=10229531 |accessdate=30 April 2025|date= 6 August 2018|title= European Athletics Championships}}
She competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, where she successfully reached the final and placed ninth overall, throwing a best of 62.35 metres.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7137279?eventId=10229531 |accessdate=30 April 2025|date= 15 July 2022|title=World Championships}} She competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, where she qualified for the final and placed seventh overall with a best throw of 62.78 metres.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7147634?eventId=10229531 |accessdate=30 April 2025|date= 15 August 2022|title=European Championships}}
She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, placing seventh in the final with a best throw of 65.47 metres.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7138987?eventId=10229531 |accessdate=30 April 2025|date= 19 August 2023|title=World Championships}}
She competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, placing sixth in the final.{{cite web|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7158244?eventId=10229531 |accessdate=30 April 2025|date=7 June 2024 |title=European Championships}}
Personal life
Her father is a black-American former U.S. Army soldier and her mother is German.{{cite web | url=http://www.shanice-craft.de/%C3%BCber-mich/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043218/http://www.shanice-craft.de/%C3%BCber-mich/ | archive-date=2016-03-04 | title=Über mich - Shanice Craft >>> Sportlerin aus Mannheim }}
Competition record
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |
| colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}} |
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| 2009
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Discus throw |49.15 m |
| 2010
|bgcolor=gold|1st |Discus throw |
| 2011
|European Junior Championships |bgcolor=gold|1st |Discus throw |58.65 m |
| rowspan=2|2012
|rowspan=2|World Junior Championships |rowspan=2|Barcelona, Spain |bgcolor=gold|1st |Shot put |
| bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Discus throw |
| rowspan=4|2013
|European Indoor Championships |11th (q) |Shot put |
| European Cup Winter Throwing (U23)
|bgcolor=gold|1st |Discus throw |60.14 m |
| rowspan=2|European U23 Championships
|rowspan=2|Tampere, Finland |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Shot put |
| bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Discus throw |
| rowspan=2|2014
|European Cup Winter Throwing (U23) |bgcolor=gold|1st |Discus throw |64.16 m |
| European Championships
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Discus throw |
| rowspan=3|2015
|rowspan=2|European U23 Championships |rowspan=2|Tallinn, Estonia |bgcolor=silver|2nd |Shot put |
| bgcolor=gold|1st
|Discus throw |
| World Championships
|7th |Discus throw |
| rowspan=2|2016
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Discus throw |
| Olympic Games
|11th |Discus throw |
| 2018
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Discus throw |
| rowspan=2|2022
|9th |Discus throw |
| European Championships
|7th |Discus throw |
| rowspan=2|2023
|bgcolor=gold|1st |Discus throw |64.88 m |
| World Championships
|7th |Discus throw |
| 2024
|6th |Discus throw |
Personal bests
Outdoor
- Shot put – 17.75 (Ulm 2014)
- Discus throw – 66.73 (Neubrandenburg 2023)
Indoor
- Shot put – 17.66 (Dortmund 2013)
References
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{{Footer Youth Olympic Champions Athletics Discus Throw Girls}}{{Footer World Junior Champions women's shot put}}{{Footer U23 European Champions Discus Throw Women}}
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Category:German female shot putters
Category:German female discus throwers
Category:German people of African-American descent
Category:Sportspeople from Mannheim
Category:Athletes from Karlsruhe (region)
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Germany
Category:Youth Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Category:Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:21st-century German sportswomen
Category:European Games competitors for Germany
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games