Selina Dantzler Season 2019-20

Dantzler is a talented thrower from Germany who heads to Coral Gables to continue her academic and athletic career. Dantzler finished fourth overall in the women’s shot put at the IAAF World U20 Championships this summer. She won gold in the shot put at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships and was the 2017 German U18 Champion in the shot put and discus. Dantzler has had a lot of success in her native country Germany, finishing second in the shot put at the 2017 German Indoor Championships and third in the discus at the same meet. Dantzler was also the bronze medalist in the discus and placed fifth in the shot put at the 2016 German U18 Championship. She has personal-best marks of 52.03m (170-7) in the discus and 16.75 in the shot put.