Jean Paul Bredau
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 June 1999 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprinting | ||||||||||||||
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Jean Paul Bredau (born 27 June 1999) is a German sprinter. He competed in the 4 × 400 metres men's relay at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. He was a bronze medalist in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.
Career
He competed in the 4 × 400 m men's relay at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, in which his team was last in the heat, with a time of 3:03.62.[1]
At the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, he finished seventh in the final of the mixed 4 × 400 m relay.[2] At the Championships, he also ran in the German team in the men's 4x400 metres relay.[3] At the ISTAF Berlin in September 2023, he ran a personal best time of 44.96 seconds for the 400 metres.[4] The time moved him into the top-ten all-time German list and was the fastest by a German for 21 years.[5]
In May 2024, he ran as part of the German 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics, alongside Manuel Sanders, Marc Koch and Tyrel Prenz.[6] He ran as a member of the German team that won bronze at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024.[7] Koch, Sanders, Bredau and Emil Agyekum competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and although they ran a sesson’s best time of 3:00.29, they did not qualify for the final.[8]
Personal life
In 2024, he apologised for comments which criticised the German Athletics Association for their decision to omit his girlfriend Luna Bulmahn from the German mixed 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 2024 Olympic Games in favour of Alica Schmidt despite Bulmahn having the second quickest time in the relay pool at the distance.[9]
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes | ||
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| 2018 | World Junior Championships | Tampere, Finland | 6th | 4 × 400 m | 3:07.80 | ||
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 16th (h) | 4 × 400 m | 3:03.62 | ||
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 11th (h) | 4 × 400 m | 3:00.67 | ||
| 2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 7th | 400 m | 45.11 | ||
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m | 3:00.82 | |||||
| Olympic Games | Paris, France | 6th (rep) | 400 m | 45.40 | |||
| 9th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:00.29 | |||||
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 200 metres – 21.43 (+0.9 m/s, Wetzlar 2023)
- 400 metres – 44.96 (Berlin 2023)
Indoor
- 200 metres – 21.74 (Berlin 2022)
- 400 metres – 47.44 (Leipzig 2022)
References
- ^ "Jean Paul BREDAU | Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "4X400 METRES RELAY MIXED". World Athletics. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "4X400 METRES RELAY MEN". World Athletics. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "ISTAF Berlin 2023: Williams, Flynn, Allman Secure Wins as Season Nears End". Track Alerts. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Allman and Gidey excel in Berlin". World Athletics. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Zwei deutsche Staffeln schlagen den Weg nach Paris ein". Leichtathletik.de. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Men's 4 x 400 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ Lemoncelli, Jenna (August 6, 2024). "German teammate shades 'World's Sexiest Athlete,' Alica Schmidt, after disappointing Olympics start". New York Post. Retrieved 9 April 2025.