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).
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International competitions 2011World Youth ChampionshipsVilleneuve-d'Ascq, France23rdHeptathlon4650 pts2014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States9thHeptathlon5530 pts2015European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia– (f)4 × 400 m relay4thHeptathlon5840 pts2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands7thHeptathlon6050 pts2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia6thPentathlon4478 ptsEuropean U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland2ndHeptathlon6232 ptsWorld ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom–HeptathlonUniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan1stHeptathlon6224 pts2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany8thHeptathlon6337 pts2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom6thPentathlon4637 ptsWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar3rdHeptathlon6560 pts2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan11thHeptathlon6310 pts2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom5thPentathlon4466 ptsEuropean ChampionshipsRome, Italy –HeptathlonDNF2025European Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn, Netherlands –PentathlonDNF2026European ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom19thHeptathlon5906 pts
Personal bests Heptathlon – 6591 pts (Ratingen 2019) 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 m hurdles – 8.38 s (Glasgow 2019) High jump – 1.75 m (Glasgow 2019) Shot put – 14.90 m (Linz 2020) Long jump – 6.21 m (Linz 2020) 800 metres – 2:09.45 min (Linz 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 () 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
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