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| Birth name | Verena Preiner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 (age 29) Ebensee, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Johannes Kepler University Linz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Heptathlon, Pentathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Verena Mayr (née Preiner, born 1 February 1995) is an Austrian athlete competing in the combined events. She won the bronze medal in the heptathlon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. In 2017, Mayr took a silver in the heptathlon at the European Under-23 Championships and a gold at the Summer Universiade.
She represented Austria at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, placing eleventh in the heptathlon. Mayr is the Austrian record holder in the event and won 11 national titles (mostly for the combined events).
Statistics
International competitions
Personal bests
- Heptathlon – 6591 pts (Ratingen 2019) NR
- 100 m hurdles – 13.25 s (+0.6 m/s, Doha 2019)
- High jump – 1.80 m (Ratingen 2019)
- Shot put – 15.07 m (Maria Enzersdorf 2020)
- 200 metres – 23.66 s (+0.2 m/s, St. Pölten 2016)
- Long jump – 6.36 m (+0.4 m/s, Doha 2019)
- Javelin throw – 49.58 m (Ratingen 2019)
- 800 metres – 2:07.74 min (Ratingen 2019)
- Indoors
- Pentathlon – 4637 pts (Glasgow 2019)
- 60 metres – 7.75 s (Linz 2018)
Circuit wins and titles, National titles
- IAAF Combined Events Challenge Overall winner: 2019
- 2019: Meeting Arona, Mehrkampf-Meeting (NR)
- Austrian Athletics Championships
- 400 m hurdles: 2016
- Shot put: 2020, 2021
- Heptathlon: 2014, 2015, 2016
- Austrian Indoor Athletics Championships
- Long jump: 2022
- Shot put: 2016
- Pentathlon: 2014, 2015, 2019
References
- 2017 Universiade bio
- "Verena MAYR – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- "Verena Preiner". Olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
External links
| World University Games champions in women's pentathlon and heptathlon | |
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| Pentathlon (1965–1979) |
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| Heptathlon (1981–present) |
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| World Athletics Combined Events Tour champions in women's heptathlon | |
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