Timo Benitz

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Timo Benitz

| image = Timo Benitz.jpg

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| caption = Timo Benitz in 2017

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|12|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Engen, Germany

| height = 1.74 m

| weight = 60 kg

| sport = Athletics

| event = 800 m, 1500 m

| education =

| club = LG Farbtex Nordschwarzwald[http://www.leichtathletik-datenbank.de/vereine/deutscher-leichtathletik-verband/suddeutschland/wurttembergischer-leichtathletikverband/rems-neckar/calw/lg-farbtex-nordschwarzwald/athleten/5277-timo-benitz Athletics Database]

| coach = Jörg Müller

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Timo Benitz (born 24 December 1991 in Engen) is a German middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 1500 metres.{{World Athletics}} He took a surprise victory in the 800 metres at the 2014 European Team Championships in Braunschweig where in front of home crowd he beat among others Adam Kszczot and Pierre-Ambroise Bosse. In 2017 he competed at the World Championships reaching the semifinals and later won the gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade.

International competitions

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2010 \|World Junior Championships \|Moncton, Canada \|32nd (h) \|1500 m \|3:50.47
2011 \|European U23 Championships \|Ostrava, Czech Republic \|6th \|1500 m \|3:51.76
2013 \|European U23 Championships \|Tampere, Finland \|5th \|1500 m \|3:45.38
2014 \|European Championships \|Zürich, Switzerland \|7th \|1500 m \|3:47.26
2016 \|European Championships \|Amsterdam, Netherlands \|12th (h) \|1500 m \|3:42.40
rowspan=3\|2017 \|European Indoor Championships \|Belgrade, Serbia \|7th \|1500 m \|3:46.73
World Championships \|London, United Kingdom \|23rd (sf) \|1500 m \|3:44.38
Universiade \|Taipei, Taiwan \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|1500 m \|3:43.45
2018 \|European Championships \|Berlin, Germany \|7th \|1500 m \|3:39.28

colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}}

2010

|World Junior Championships

|Moncton, Canada

|32nd (h)

|1500 m

|3:50.47

2011

|European U23 Championships

|Ostrava, Czech Republic

|6th

|1500 m