Sebastian Ernst

[2] He made his senior international debut the following year at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships, where he narrowly missed a spot in the 200 m finals.

[3] 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.

He began the following year by helping Germany to third in the Swedish medley relay at the 2006 European Athletics Indoor Cup.

In the relay event, he finished fifth with teammates Alexander Kosenkow, Marius Broening and Ronny Ostwald.

He came close to a personal best in July, running 20.38 seconds in Mannheim, but faltered at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, coming last in his semi-final.