Tobias Unger

Tobias Benjamin Unger (born 10 July 1979) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in sprints.

Biography Unger comes from Wendlingen am Neckar and studied sport science at the University of Tübingen and trained in Ludwigsburg. His trainer is the Romanian Micky Corucle. He was the tenth fastest 200 m runner in 2005, and the second fastest European that year. His personal bests in his two disciplines are 10.14 seconds (100 m) and 20.20 seconds (200 m).

Unger represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In Beijing he competed in the 100 metres sprint and placed 4th in his heat behind Churandy Martina, Naoki Tsukahara and Simeon Williamson, normally causing elimination. However his time of 10.46 was the 10th fastest losing time, giving him a spot in the second round. There he improved his time to 10.36 seconds, but he was unable to qualify for the semifinals as he finished 7th place in his heat. Bronze medal in the Indoor World Championships 2004 Indoor European Champion 2005 Double German champion in 2005 (100 metres, with a personal best time of 10.16 s; 200 metres, breaking Frank Emmelmann's national record with a time of 20.20) Seventh place in the 2005 World Championships, with a time of 20.81 s over 200 m