Timo Benitz (born 24 December 1991 in Engen) is a German middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 1500 metres. 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 Representing 2010World Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, Canada32nd (h)1500 m3:50.472011European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic6th1500 m3:51.762013European U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland5th1500 m3:45.382014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland7th1500 m3:47.262016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands12th (h)1500 m3:42.402017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia7th1500 m3:46.73World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom23rd (sf)1500 m3:44.38UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan1st1500 m3:43.452018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany7th1500 m3:39.28
Personal bests Outdoor 800 metres – 1:46.24 (Braunschweig 2014) 1000 metres – 2:16.90 (Pliezhausen 2014) 1500 metres – 3:34.94 (Dessau 2014)
Indoor 3000 metres – 8:02.62 (Leipzig 2014)
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