Talea Prepens

Talea Prepens (born 28 December 2001) is a German sprinter.

Career
She is from Cloppenburg and is a member of TV Cloppenburg as well As being trained by her father Harald Prepens.

She won the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships 200m title in Nairobi at the age of 15 years-old despite being the youngest in the field. She won the title with her second personal best of the championships of 23.51 seconds, having run 23.64 in the semi finals.

At the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Borås, she won bronze with the German relay team in the 4 x 100m relay.

In 2021, she won gold in the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn in the 4x100m relay, as well as finishing fourth in the individual 200 metres.

She won back-to-back sprint doubles over 100 metres and 200 metres at the German Athletics U23 Championships in 2022 and 2023. She finished fourth in the 200m at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo. She competed at the delayed 2021 University Games in Chengdu, China in 2023 finishing sixth in the 100 metres.

She ran a personal best 22.83 at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome over 200 metres to qualify for the semi-finals.

Personal life
She plays double bass and played in a youth symphony orchestra. Her brother Torben Prepens competes in the decathlon.