Meike Kröger

Meike Kröger (born 21 July 1986) is a German track and field athlete who specialises in the high jump.

[2] Her progress stalled in the years 2006 and also 2007 because she spent the period from September 2005 to August 2006 working in an orphanage in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

[3] She did train with former high jumper Igor Paklin, albeit under sub-par material conditions.

[2] She also began competing at an international senior level and took part in two major competitions: the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships, where she recorded a jump of 1.85 metres in the qualifiers, and 2009 World Championships in Athletics (which were held in her home city of Berlin).

[4] Kröger showed even greater progression at the German Indoor Championships: she cleared 1.98 m on her third attempt, increasing the pressure on the reigning champion Ariane Friedrich, and went further by jumping 2.00 m on her first attempt – seven centimeters higher than she had ever jumped just two months earlier.