Susanne Hahn
{{short description|German long-distance runner}}
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| nationality = German
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|4|23}}
| birth_place = {{flagicon|GER}} Hildesheim, West Germany
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| sport = Track and field
| event = Marathon
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| club = SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken
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| coach = Frank Hahn
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Susanne Hahn (née Ritter, born 23 April 1978 in Hildesheim) is a German track and field athlete competing in the Marathon and other long-distance running events.{{cite web|title=Susanne Hahn - Athletenportrait (german)|url=http://www.leichtathletik.de/index.php?NavID=25&SiteID=418&AthletID=776|publisher=|accessdate=8 July 2012}}
Biography
File:Susanne_Hahn_2007_in_Schortens.jpg, 2007]]
She competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing the marathon in 52nd place.{{cite web|title=Hahn Susanne Biography|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=115706/index.html|publisher=IAAF|accessdate=8 July 2012}} She also participated in the 2009 and 2007 World Championships in Athletics. In 2012, she was nominated to participate in the Olympic Games in London, where she finished in 32nd place.{{cite web|title=Olympiamannschaft wächst um 79 Athleten (german)|url=http://www.dosb.de/de/olympia/olympische-news/detail/news/olympiamannschaft_waechst_um_79_athleten/|publisher=Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund|accessdate=8 July 2012}}{{Cite web|url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/athletics/marathon-w|title = London 2012 - Women's Marathon|date = |accessdate = 15 October 2014|website = www.olympic.org|publisher = IOC|last = |first = }}
Hahn is married to her coach, Frank Hahn.
Since May 2012, the German long-distance runner has been the official ambassador of the SOS Children's Villages and participated in several running events for the aid organization.[http://www.sos-kinderdoerfer.de/freunde-und-partner/prominente/pages/susanne-hahn.aspx Susanne Hahn und die SOS-Kinderdörfer]
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External links
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Germany
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Hildesheim
Category:German female long-distance runners