Sebastian Ernst is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres

200 metres

A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

. His personal best time is 20.36 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres

-Qualification:The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the men's 200 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 20.59 seconds or faster during the qualification period...

. This ranks him third among German 200 m sprinters, only behind Tobias Unger

Tobias Unger

Tobias Benjamin Unger is a German athlete, specialist in 100 m and 200 m. Unger is 1.79 metres tall, weighing 70 kilograms....

 and Frank Emmelmann

Frank Emmelmann

Frank Emmelmann is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres....

. Ernst has represented the sports team TV Wattenscheid 01 and Schalke 04 domestically.

As a junior he finished sixth at the 2002 World Junior Championships

2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics

The 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2002 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Kingston, Jamaica from July 16 to July 21, 2002.-Men:-Women:-Medals table:...

. The following year he took the 200 m title at the 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships

2003 European Athletics Junior Championships

The 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships was held in Tampere, Finland from 23–27 July 2003. A total of 44 events were contested; 22 by men and 22 by women. Germany had the biggest medal haul with nine golds and a total of 27, closely followed by Russia . Great Britain was third with 17...

, as well as winning a silver medal in the relay. He made his senior international debut the following year at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships

2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004...

, where he narrowly missed a spot in the 200 m finals. An Olympic debut came later that season for the nineteen-year-old and, after running a personal best of 20.36 seconds in the heats, he was eliminated in the semi-finals as the fastest non-qualifier.

His 2005 season was highlighted by a 200 m and 4 x 100 metres relay

4 x 100 metres relay

The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...

 silver medal double at the 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships

2005 European Athletics U23 Championships

The 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships is the 2005 version of the European Athletics U23 Championships. It was held in Erfurt.-Men's Results:-Women's:-Medals table:-Notes and references:* *...

. He also made his first appearance at the World Championships in Athletics that year, but was eliminated in the quarter-finals. He began the following year by helping Germany to third in the Swedish medley relay at the 2006 European Athletics Indoor Cup

2006 European Athletics Indoor Cup

The 2006 European Athletics Indoor Cup was held on 5 March 2006 at the Stade Couvert Régional in Liévin, France. It was the third edition of the indoor track and field meeting for international teams, which featured the six top performing nations from the 2005 European Cup and the top two from the...

. He claimed his first national title with a win at the German Athletics Championships

German Athletics Championships

The German Athletics Championships are the national championships in athletics, organised by the Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband.- Men :- Women :-References:* General source:...

 and represented his country in the event at the 2006 European Athletics Championships, reaching the semi-finals. In the relay event he finished fifth with teammates Alexander Kosenkow

Alexander Kosenkow

Alexander Kosenkow or Aleksandr Kosenkov is a German sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He represents the sports club TV Wattenscheid....

, Marius Broening

Marius Broening

Marius Broening is a German sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He finished seventh in 4 x 100 m relay at the 2005 World Championships, together with teammates Alexander Kosenkow, Marc Blume and Tobias Unger and fifth at the 2006 European Championships with Kosenkow, Sebastian Ernst and...

 and Ronny Ostwald

Ronny Ostwald

Ronny Ostwald is a German sprint athlete.He finished 8th in the 100m final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg....

.

He was the bronze medal

Bronze medal

A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...

list over 200 m at the 2010 European Team Championships

2010 European Team Championships

The second SPAR European Team Championships took place on 19 and 20 June 2010. The track and field athletics tournament run by European Athletics was the successor of the old European Cup competition which was held annually until 2008....

 but was runner-up to Daniel Schnelting at the 2010 German Athletics Championships

2010 German Athletics Championships

The 2010 German Athletics Championships were held at the Eintracht-Stadion in Braunschweig on 17–18 July 2010.- Men :- Women :- References :* Results source: - External links :*...

 the following month. He came close to a personal best in July, running 20.38 seconds in Mannheim

Mannheim

Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....

, but faltered at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, coming last in his semi-final. He broke the German indoor record

German records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Germany maintained by its national athletics federation, Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband ....

 for the 200 m with a time of 20.42 seconds, which he achieved at the 2011 German Indoor Athletics Championships.

Achievements

Representing
2003	European Junior Championships 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships The 2003 European Athletics Junior Championships was held in Tampere, Finland from 23–27 July 2003. A total of 44 events were contested; 22 by men and 22 by women. Germany had the biggest medal haul with nine golds and a total of 27, closely followed by Russia . Great Britain was third with 17...	Tampere, Finland	1st	200 m	20.63
2004	World Indoor Championships 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004...	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter... , Hungary	3rd (semis)	200 m
	Olympic Games Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...	Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... , Greece	5th (semis)	200 m
2005	World Championships 2005 World Championships in Athletics The 10th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held in the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland , the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983. One theme of the 2005 championships was paralympic sports, some of...	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... , Finland	7th (q-finals)	200 m 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres The men's 200 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 9, 10 and 11 August.-Medals:-Results:All times shown are in seconds.Q denotes qualification by place....
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area... , Sweden	6th (semis)	200 m 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres The men's 200 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 9 and August 10.Obikwelu completed the sprinters' double, leading comfortably out of the last curve and continuing all the way to the finish. Wissman took silver in a time level with the national...
2010	European Championships	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , Spain	6th (semis)	200 m 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres The men's 200 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 29 and 30 July.-Medalists:-Records:-Schedule:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Summary:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:...