Shanice Craft

Shanice Craft is a German athlete who competes in the discus throw and shot put. She won three consecutive bronze medals in the discus throw at the 2014 [European Athletics Championships|2014], 2016 European [Athletics Championships|2016] and 2018 European Championships. In addition, she won multiple medals in various junior categories.

Career

She won the gold medal in the discus throw at the 2012 [World Junior Championships in Athletics] in Barcelona, Spain. She won a bronze medal at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich, Switzerland with a throw of 64.33 metres. She finished seventh in the final of the discus throw at the 2015 [World Athletics Championships] in Beijing.
She won a bronze medal at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands with a throw of 63.89 metres. She competed for Germany at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio [de Janeiro], Brazil. She won a bronze medal at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, with a throw of 62.89 metres.
She competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, where she successfully reached the final and placed ninth overall, throwing a best of 62.35 metres. She competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, where she qualified for the final and placed seventh overall with a best throw of 62.78 metres.
She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, placing seventh in the final with a best throw of 65.47 metres.
She competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, placing sixth in the final.

Her father is a black-American former U.S. Army soldier and her mother is German.

Outdoor

Indoor