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{{short description|German high jumper}}
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| name           = Ariane Friedrich 
| image          = Ariane Friedrich Barcelona2010.jpg
| caption        = Ariane Friedrich in 2010
| birth_name     = Ariane Tempel
| nationality    = [[Germany|German]]
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1984|01|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Nordhausen, Thuringia|Nordhausen]], [[East Germany]]
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| country        = {{GER}}
| sport          = [[Track and field]]
| event          = [[High jump]]
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry| {{GER}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalSilver|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|2009 Berlin]]|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump|High jump]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2010 European Championships in Athletics|2010 Barcelona]]|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump|High jump]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Indoor Championships in Athletics|European Indoor Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2009 European Indoor Championships in Athletics|2009 Torino]]|High jump}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2009 Summer Universiade|2009 Belgrade]]|High jump}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2007 Summer Universiade|2007 Bangkok]]|High jump}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2005 Summer Universiade|2005 İzmir]]|High jump}}
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'''Ariane Friedrich''' (born '''Tempel'''; 10 January 1984 in [[Nordhausen, Thuringia|Nordhausen]]) is a German [[high jump]]er. She won the [[silver medal]] at the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics|2009 World Championships]] and represented Germany at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] and [[2012 Summer Olympics]]. She is the [[German records in athletics|German outdoor record]] holder in the event with a best of 2.06&nbsp;m, although this is 1&nbsp;cm less than the indoor record held by [[Heike Henkel]].<ref name="‘Wow!’!">{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/GLE09/news/newsid=51119.html |title=For Friedrich, simply a 'Wow!' day - ÅF Golden League |last=Powell |first=David |date=14 June 2009 |work=IAAF |access-date=15 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616065233/http://www.iaaf.org/GLE09/news/newsid%3D51119.html |archive-date=16 June 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>

She became [[German Athletics Championships|German champion]] in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 and [[2010 German Athletics Championships|2010]], and represents the club [[Eintracht Frankfurt|LG Eintracht Frankfurt]].

Controversy arose in 2012 when she named an alleged stalker on [[Facebook]], potentially violating German privacy laws.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/25/world/europe/rebuke-over-facebook-leads-to-battle-over-rights-in-germany.html |title=Facebook Fight in Germany Leads to Battle Over Privacy |website=nytimes.com}}</ref><ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/0,1518,829002,00.html Sportlerin Friedrich verteidigt Outing eines Stalkers], Der Spiegel</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17842895 London 2012: German athlete Ariane Friedrich names 'stalker' online], BBC News, 25 April 2012</ref>

==Career==
Friedrich won the [[gold medal]] at the [[2003 European Junior Championships in Athletics|2003 European Junior Championships]],<ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ejw.htm European Junior Championships (Women)] - GBR Athletics</ref> the bronze medal at the [[Athletics at the 2005 Summer Universiade|2005 Summer Universiade]], [[silver medal|silver]] at the [[Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade|2007 Summer Universiade]] and the gold medal at the [[Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade|2009 Summer Universiade]].

The 2008 indoor season saw significant improvement in Friedrich's clearances: she improved her best by 8&nbsp;cm during the period, clearing two metres for the first time and setting her top mark at 2.02&nbsp;m. Her coach noted that these achievements were due to her improved work ethic and focus.<ref>Landells, Steve (2009-02-28). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=43637.html Friedrich's massive PBs open door to new ambitions]. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 4 June 2010.</ref> She finished eighth at the [[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Women's High Jump|2008 World Indoor Championships]] and took seventh in the high jump final at the [[2008 Beijing Olympics]].

Her 2009 indoor season started strongly with a win at the [[2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships]] in a jump of 2.01&nbsp;m. Her outdoor season started with a personal best jump of 2.06 metres in June 2009 at the [[Internationales Stadionfest]], breaking Heike Henkel's outdoor national record of 2.05&nbsp;m,<ref name="Friedrich Fireworks!">{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/GLE09/news/newsid=51115.html |title=Friedrich Fireworks! 2.06m leap in Berlin - ÅF Golden League |last=Ramsak |first=Bob |date=14 June 2009 |work=IAAF |access-date=15 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616065228/http://www.iaaf.org/GLE09/news/newsid%3D51115.html |archive-date=16 June 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>  and she won another gold at the [[2009 European Team Championships]] later that month. She gained a complete set of Universiade medals in July when she finally won the gold at the [[2009 Summer Universiade]].

Ariane Friedrich won the bronze medal at the [[2009 World Championships in Athletics]] in [[Berlin]]. She reflected that the public pressure for her to become world champion had placed her under much stress. However, she was very happy at having achieved a jump of 2.02&nbsp;m for third place behind [[Blanka Vlašić]] and [[Anna Chicherova]]. Friedrich missed the [[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships]] due to a knee injury and instead set her sights on medalling at the [[2010 European Athletics Championships]].<ref>[http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8604&Itemid=2 Ariane Friedrich: Barcelona is as important for me as it was Berlin]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. [[European Athletics]] (5 May 2010). Retrieved on 4 June 2010.</ref> She jumped 2.01&nbsp;m at the European Championships in Barcelona, but she was beaten by Vlašić (who equalled the championship record) and also by [[Emma Green (athlete)|Emma Green]] on count-back, leaving her with the bronze medal. She became the first German woman to win at the [[Internationales Hochsprung-Meeting Eberstadt]] a month later.<ref>Wenig, Jörg (2010-08-30). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58128.html Spank and Friedrich take home wins in Eberstadt, Harting impresses at Throws meeting in Neubrandenburg – German weekend wrap] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831102123/http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=58128.html |date=2010-08-31 }}. [[IAAF]]. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.</ref>

On 22 December 2010 she ruptured her left [[Achilles tendon]] during training and was ruled out of the entire 2011 season including the [[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] in [[Daegu]].<ref>Monsters and Critics (2010-12-28) [https://archive.today/20120912035150/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1608232.php/Friedrich-hopes-for-2012-Olympics-after-Achilles-tendon-rupture Friedrich hopes for 2012 Olympics after Achilles tendon rupture] Retrieved on 2010-12-29.</ref>

She failed to make the final at the 2012 London Olympic Games, finishing 14th in the Qualifying Rounds.
In September 2014, she gave birth to a baby girl. She came back to the competition in January 2016, after almost four years. She jumped for her first competition 1,87 m.

==Personal bests==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Event
!Best (m)
!Venue
!Date
|-
|[[High jump]] (outdoor) || 2.06 || [[Berlin]], Germany || 14 June 2009
|-
|[[High jump]] (indoor) || 2.05 || [[Karlsruhe]], Germany || 15 February 2009
|}
*<small>All information taken from IAAF profile.</small>

==Competition record==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
|2003
|[[2003 European Athletics Junior Championships|European Junior Championships]]
|[[Tampere]], Finland
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|1.88 m
|-
|2004
|[[2004 European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]]
|[[Bydgoszcz]], Poland
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|1.92 m
|-
|rowspan=3|2005
|[[2005 European Cup (athletics)|European Cup]]
|[[Florence]], Italy
|7th
|1.85 m
|-
|[[2005 European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]
|[[Erfurt]], Germany
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[[2005 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's high jump|1.90 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2005 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[İzmir]], Turkey
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[[Athletics at the 2005 Summer Universiade – Women's high jump|1.88 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|[[2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Birmingham]], United Kingdom
|11th (q)
|[[2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's high jump|1.87 m (xxo)]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Bangkok]], Thailand
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade – Women's high jump|1.90 m (o)]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2008
|[[2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup|European Indoor Cup]]
|[[Moscow]], Russia
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|2.00 m
|-
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Valencia, Spain]]
|8th
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump|1.93 (xo)]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Beijing]], China
|4th
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump|1.96 m (o)]]
|-
|[[2008 IAAF World Athletics Final|World Athletics Final]]
|[[Stuttgart]], Germany
|4th
|1.97 m
|-
|rowspan=4|2009
|[[2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Turin]], Italy
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's high jump|2.01 m (o)]]
|-
|[[2009 European Team Championships|European Team Championships]]
|[[Leiria]], Portugal
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|2.02 m
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Belgrade]], Serbia
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|[[Athletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Women's high jump|2.00 m (o)]]
|-
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Berlin]], Germany
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump|2.02 m (xxo)]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2010
|[[2010 European Team Championships|European Team Championships]]
|[[Bergen]], Norway
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|1.98 m (xxo)
|-
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Barcelona]], Spain
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[[2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's high jump|2.01 m (xxo)]]
|-
|2012
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[London, United Kingdom]]
|14th (q)
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump|1.93 m (xxo)]]
|}
*Results with a Q, indicate overall position in qualifying round.

==See also==
*[[High jump#Female two metres club|Female two metres club]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links ==
{{Commons category|Ariane Friedrich}}
* {{World Athletics|14277631}}
* {{European Athletics|14277631|old_id= f/athlete=133738-friedrich-ariane |archive= 20191006175442 }}
* {{Olympics.com profile|ariane-friedrich|org_archive=20191222052937}}
* {{Olympedia|116941}}
* {{SR/Olympics|fr/ariane-friedrich-1|archive=20161203050012}}
* {{DOSB profile}}
* {{web archive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028183950/http://www.leichtathletik.de/index.php?NavID=25&SiteID=418&AthletID=1004 |title=Ariane Friedrich at DLV {{in lang|de}} |date=dmy}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808001018/http://www.arianefriedrich.de/ |title=Official website {{in lang|de}} |date=dmy}}

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[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Germany]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Germany]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Germany]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade]]
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[[Category:21st-century German sportswomen]]