Verena Mayr (née Preiner, born 1 February 1995[2]) 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.

Verena Mayr
Preiner in 2018
Personal information
Birth nameVerena Preiner
Born (1995-02-01) 1 February 1995 (age 29)
Ebensee, Austria
EducationJohannes Kepler University Linz
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
CountryAustria
SportAthletics
Event(s)Heptathlon, Pentathlon
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Austria
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Doha Heptathlon
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Bydgoszcz Heptathlon
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei Heptathlon

She represented Austria at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, placing eleventh in the heptathlon.[3] Mayr is the Austrian record holder in the event and won 11 national titles (mostly for the combined events).

Statistics

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Preiner receiving Newcomer of the Year award at the 2019 Austrian Sports Personality of the Year gala.

International competitions

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Representing   Austria
Year Competition Venue Position Event Result Notes
2011 World Youth Championships Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France 23rd Heptathlon 4650 pts
2014 World Junior Championships Eugene, OR, United States 9th Heptathlon 5530 pts PB
2015 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia – (f) 4 × 400 m relay DQ
4th Heptathlon 5840 pts PB
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 7th Heptathlon 6050 pts PB
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 6th Pentathlon 4478 pts
European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 2nd Heptathlon 6232 pts NU23R
World Championships London, United Kingdom Heptathlon DNF
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 1st Heptathlon 6224 pts
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 8th Heptathlon 6337 pts PB
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 6th Pentathlon 4637 pts PB
World Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd Heptathlon 6560 pts
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 11th Heptathlon 6310 pts SB
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 5th Pentathlon 4466 pts
European Championships Rome, Italy 1st Heptathlon DNF

Personal bests

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Indoors

Circuit wins and titles, National titles

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References

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  1. ^ 2017 Universiade bio
  2. ^ "Verena MAYR – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Verena Preiner". Olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
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