Karin Mayr-Krifka
Karin Mayr- Krifka (born Mayr, born June 4, 1971 in St. Valentin, Lower Austria ) is a former Austrian sprinter.
It was 45 times state champion, is seven-time record holder and won a bronze medal at the World Championships and two silver medals at the European Championships. Since 2002 she is married to the former sprint runner Gearfried Krifka and has three children.
Sports career
Until 1997 she was mainly for the ULC Linz active where they the club record over 200 meters and 1997 the club record was set in the 100 meters in 1992. Your doing way past times of 23.74 s and 11.57 s, are still current as of 2010 by Club Records. In February 1994, she put together with Sabine Tröger, Sabine Maier church and Doris Auer an Austrian record in the 4 x 200 - meter relay on ( 1:37,18 min ), five months later with Sabine Tröger, Doris Auer and Dagmar Hölbl another Austrian record in the 4 x 100 - meter relay ( 44.63 s ). Both Season Records are as of 2010 by still unbroken. In 1995 she was state champion in the 100 - meter hurdles, 1997, she won five of the six state championships over short sprint distances.
Then she started for the SV Schwechat and took until 2005 to two Summer Olympic Games, seven World Championships and five European championships. From 1998 to 2001 she was especially successful nationally and won 15 state championship titles in the short sprint. In March 2001, she presented with a new Austrian 7,15 s indoor record over 60 meters on, a few days later with 6.27 s another national indoor record over 50 meters. These two records are unbroken by state 2010.
As the sporting highlight of their career can be considered the year 2002; It was state champion in the 60 meter indoor, 200 meters indoor, 100 meters outdoor, 200 meters outdoor and 4 x 100 - meter relay team, ran 11.23 s with a new Austrian record in the 100 meters and reached 22.81 s about 200 meters, the new Austrian indoor record and at the same time Jahresweltbestleistung. In March she reached the second place in the 200 -meter run, and the fourth in the 60 - meter race at the European Indoor Championships in Vienna. In June, she broke the 1977 drawn up by Karoline beetle outdoor record over 200 meters ( 23.09 s ) with 22.82 s, which she again improved to 22.70 s in July. This has since been unbroken. In August, she finished sixth in the 200 - meter race at the European Championships in Munich.
At the 2003 World Indoor Championships held in Birmingham, she sprinted to fifth place in the 60 - meter dash. On 9 August 2003, she ran 11.15 s in the 100 meters, the new Austrian outdoor record of women, is still unbroken by state 2010. In the same year she won again four state championships in the short sprint.
In March 2004, she arrived at the World Indoor Championships in Budapest in fourth place in the 200 -meter run, however, the third-ranked Anastasia Kapatschinskaja was convicted and disqualified doping, which is why Mayr- Krifka nachrückte on their space and thus received the bronze medal. It was thus by Stephanie Graf only the second Austrian athlete who won a medal at World Indoor Championships. Also in 2004, she again became state champion in the 200 meters outdoors and in the 4 x 100 - meter relay.
In 2005, she won five state titles and won at the European Indoor Championships in Madrid the silver medal in the 200 -meter run. In the same year she finished her second pregnancy due to her professional career, but their association was preserved as a trainer.
International competitions
- IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships 1997: Flow over 60 m
- Indoor Athletics Championships 1998: Semifinal about 200 m
- Indoor Athletics Championships 2000: Semifinal about 60 m
- Summer Olympic Games 2000: Flow over 100 m and 200 m
- World Athletics Championships 2001: Flow over 200 m
- IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships 2001: Semifinal about 60 m and 200 m
- European Athletics Championships 2002: 6th place about 200 m and about 100 m semi-final
- Indoor Athletics Championships 2002: 2nd place of 200 m, 4th place over 60 m
- World Athletics Championships 2003: quarter-final over 100 m and 200 m
- IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships 2003: 5th place over 60 m
- IAAF World Indoor Athletics Championships 2004: 3rd place about 200 m
- Summer Olympic Games 2004: 18th place of 200 m, 29th place on 100 m
- Indoor Athletics Championships 2005: 2nd place about 200 m
- World Athletics Championships 2005: Flow over 200 m
Awards
- 2002: Golden Emil
- 2004: Golden Emil
- 2005: Golden Emil
- 2005: commemorative stamp " Karin Mayr- Krifka Athletics " Day of Sport
- 2006: ASKOE Ring of Honor
- 2007: Golden Medal of the city of Schwechat