Tessa Lange: On title hunt at German Deaf Championships!

Tessa Lange: On title hunt at German Deaf Championships!

From Friday, June 26, 2025, the German deaf light athletics championships will take place in Düsseldorf. Among the athlete: Inside, the talented Tessa is also long from SC Potsdam, who highlights the expectations with its numerous titles and medals. Long, who was already shining as a four-way European champion of Stettin 2023 and three-time World Cup medal winner from Taipei last year, goes into the competition with a lot of motivation. It will compete over 100 meters on Friday and in the long jump, while on Saturday the competition is over 200 meters on the program. The SC Potsdam reports, among other things, that Tessa wants to further expand the number of her success in these championships - there is something due!

tessa Lange has already shown impressive performances in the course of her career. At the German Deaf Indoor Championships in February 2023, she triumphed over 60 meters and in the long jump, and also secured a silver medal over 200 meters. At the beginning of June 2023, she even set up a new German record with the season of the German Deaf Sports Association. In May 2023, she showed her speed when she ran a time of 12.20 seconds in Siegburg over 100 meters, which is the second fastest time of her career. During her competitions, you always stay focused and ambitious, which not only brings her respect, but also numerous fans.

success and challenges

At the Junior World Championship, which took place before the actual World Cup, Tessa showed her class. Despite the challenging weather conditions with temperatures between 35 ° and 39 ° C and an air humidity of over 80 %, it qualified impressively for the 100-meter final and won the gold medal with a time of 12.62 seconds. Her teammate Jelisa Gräf took the 4th place with a personal best of 13.04 seconds and also performed excellently in the 200-meter run, even though she was disqualified, like Tessa, in the semi-finals of the 100-meter run.

The German deaf simultaneous athletics has developed strongly in recent years, which also show the success of the athletes in international competitions. A total of many medals for the German delegation were achieved at the championships. For example, Alexander Kleiner-Bley won 2nd place in the 1500-meter run and Hannah Peters took 6th place in the shot put. Delia Gaede, who also secured bronze with 25.59 seconds in the 200-meter run, said: "It's great to be part of such a successful team!" This underlines the strong team feeling among the athletes-something that the German deaf sports association attaches great importance to.

All eyes on Düsseldorf

With a view to the German Championships in Düsseldorf, Tessa is expected to give everything to enlarge her medal collection again for a long time. Her focus is not only on the individual disciplines, but also on the team spirit that she shows with her colleagues. It is part of the 4 × 100 meter relay, which has already won silver and broke an old German record that had existed for over 29 years. Thanks to the good interaction in the team, an atmosphere is full of incentive and motivation, which ultimately also takes the pressure from the individual.

The German Deaf Sports Association emphasizes how important such champions are to promote the visibility of deaf sport and to offer young talents the stage they deserve. We are excited to see how Tessa Lange and the other athletes will perform in these emotional and excessive competitions and wish you every success in persecution of your titles!