Gina Lückenkemper (born 21 November 1996) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the sprints. She is a three-time Olympian and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Lückenkemper is also a World Championships bronze medalist, two-time European champion and World Relays silver and bronze medalist.

She is a six-time German champion, having won the 100 metres five times and the 200 metres once. At junior level, she won the gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2015 European Junior Championships and the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2014 World Junior Championships.

At the 2017 World Championships in London, Lückenkemper broke the 11-second barrier in the heats of the 100 m event for the first time with a time of 10.95 seconds, becoming the first German female sprinter to achieve the feat since Katrin Krabbe in 1991.

For her 2022 season, she was voted German Sportswoman of the Year.

Training environment & education Lückenkemper started her studies in Business Psychology at the Ruhr-University Bochum alongside her athletic career.

In November 2019, she made a major change to her training environment by joining PURE Athletics, an elite training group in Clermont, Florida, under coach Lance Brauman. Leaving her domestic setup, she relocates frequently (not permanently though) to the US to train alongside a squad of international world-class sprinters, including 100m Olympic Champion Noah Lyles.

Career Lückenkemper won her first international medals when she placed third in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Eugene and first in the 200 metres at the 2015 European Junior Championships in Eskilstuna. Lückenkemper made her senior international championships debut at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, where she placed fifth in the 4 × 100 metres relay and 28th in the qualification heat for the 100 metres.

Lückenkemper won bronze medals in the 200 metres and the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam.Final results She made her Olympic Games debut at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she finished fourth in the 4 × 100 metres relay and 14th in the semifinals of the 200 metres. In 2017, she won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 metres relay at the World Relays, and placed fourth in the 4 × 100 metres relay and 14th in the semifinals of the 100 metres at the World Championships in London.

Lückenkemper won the silver medal in the 100 metres and a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin. In 2019, she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the World Relays, and finished fifth in the 4 × 100 metres relay and 20th in the semifinals of the 100 metres at the World Championships in Doha. Lückenkemper competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo held in 2021, where she placed fifth in the 4 × 100 metres relay.

Lückenkemper won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene. She won gold medals in the 100 metres and the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2022 European Championships in Munich. In 2023, Lückenkemper placed sixth in the 4 × 100 metres relay and 16th in the semifinals of the 100 metres at the World Championships in Budapest. She finished 4th in the 4 × 100 metres relay and 5th in the 100 metres at the 2024 European Championships in Rome. Lückenkemper won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay and placed 10th in the 100 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. In September 2024, she set a new personal best of 10.93s at the ISTAF Berlin.

At the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Lückenkemper reached the 100m semifinal and secured a bronze medal with the German relay team. Furthermore, she competed at the 2026 European Championships, where she was eliminated in the semifinals.

Achievements International competitions 2012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain14th (sf)200 m23.992013World Youth ChampionshipsDonetsk, Ukraine5th200 m23.532014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States8th200 m23.50 (w)3rd4 × 100 m relay44.652015European Junior ChampionshipsEskilstuna, Sweden1st200 m22.41– (f)4 × 100 m relayDNFWorld ChampionshipsBeijing, China28th (h)100 m11.345th4 × 100 m relay42.642016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands3rd200 m22.743rd4 × 100 m relay42.48Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil14th (sf)200 m22.734th4 × 100 m relay42.102017World RelaysNassau, Bahamas2nd4 × 200 m relay1:30.68European Team Championships Super LeagueLille, France2nd100 m11.351st4 × 100 m relay42.47 World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom14th (sf)100 m11.164th4 × 100 m relay42.362018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany2nd100 m10.983rd4 × 100 m relay42.232019World RelaysYokohama, Japan3rd4 × 100 m relay43.68World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar20th (sf)100 m11.305th4 × 100 m relay42.482021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan5th4 × 100 m relay42.122022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia29th (h)60 m7.33World ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States13th (sf)100 m11.083rd4 × 100 m relay42.03European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany1st100 m10.991st relay42.342023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary16th (sf)100 m11.186th4 × 100 m relay42.982024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy5th100 m11.074th4 × 100 m relay42.61Olympic GamesParis, France10th100 m11.093rd4 × 100 m relay41.972025World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan13th (sf)100 m11.113rd4 × 100 m relay41.872026European ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom15th (sf)100 m11.28 –4 × 100 m relayDNF * Abbreviations: h = heat (Q, q), sf = semi-final

Circuit wins and National championships Diamond League 2019: Zürich Weltklasse (4 × 100 m relay) German Athletics Championships titles 100 metres: 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024 200 metres: 2016 German Indoor Athletics Championships titles 60 metres: 2017 relay: 2017

Personal bests 60 metres indoor – 7.11 s (Dortmund 2018) 100 metres – 10.93 s (+1.0 m/s, Berlin September 1, 2024) 200 metres – 22.67 s (0.0 m/s, Regensburg 2016) 200 metres indoor – 23.69 s (Halle 2014)

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