Sport Athletics Weight 57 kg Height 1.72 m | Name Emmy Albus Event(s) 100 m, 200 m Club Wuppertal Wings | |
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Born 13 December 1911 Wuppertal, Germany Died 20 September 1995 (aged 83)
Berlin, Germany Personal best(s) 100 m – 11.9 (1936)
200 m – 26.0 (1935) | ||
Emmy Albus (13 December 1911 – 20 September 1995) was a German sprinter, who won a gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1938 European Championships, the same year she set a world record in the 4 × 200 m relay.
At the 1936 Berlin Olympics her 4 × 100 m team set a world record in the semifinals and led the final until a missed exchange in the final leg. Individually, she finished sixth in the 100 m event.
In 1958 Albus married Walter Liersch, a fellow German sprinter.
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