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German sprinter (1911–1995)
Emmy Albus
Emmy Albus at the 1936 Olympics
Born 13 December 1911Wuppertal , Germany Died 20 September 1995 (aged 83)Berlin, Germany Height 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) Weight 57 kg (126 lb) Sport Athletics Event(s) 100 m, 200 m Club Barmer TV 1846, Wuppertal Personal best(s) 100 m – 11.9 (1936) 200 m – 26.0 (1935)[1] [2]
Emmy Albus Liersch (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.[1]
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.
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At the 1938 European Athletics Championships , Albus finished sixth in the 100 metres in addition to the gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay .
In 1958 Albus married Walter Liersch, a fellow German sprinter.[1]
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1946: Netherlands (v.d. Kade-Koudijs , Witziers-Timmer , Adema , Blankers-Koen )
1950: Great Britain (Hay , Desforges , Hall , Foulds )
1954: Soviet Union (Krepkina , Uliskina , Itkina , Turova )
1958: Soviet Union (Krepkina , Kepp , Polyakova , Maslovska )
1962: Poland (Ciepły , Sobotta , Szyroka , Piątkowska )
1966: Poland (Bednarek , Straszyńska , Kirszenstein , Kłobukowska )
1969: GDR (Höfer , Meissner , Podeswa , Vogt )
1971: FRG (Schittenhelm , Helten , Irrgang , Mickler )
1974: GDR (Maletzki , Stecher , Heinich , Eckert )
1978: Soviet Union (Anisimova , Maslakova , Kondratyeva , Storozhkova )
1982: GDR (Walther , Eckert , Rieger , Göhr )
1986: GDR (Gladisch , Rieger , Brestrich-Auerswald , Göhr )
1990: GDR (Möller , Krabbe , Behrendt , Günther )
1994: Germany (Paschke , Knoll , Zipp , Lichtenhagen )
1998: France (Benth , Bangué , Félix , Arron )
2002: France (Combe , Hurtis , Félix , Sidibé )
2006: Russia (Gushchina , Rusakova , Khabarova , Grigoryeva )
2010: Ukraine (Povh , Pohrebnyak , Ryemyen , Bryzhina )
2012: Germany (Günther , Cibis , Pinto , Sailer )
2014: Great Britain (Philip , Nelson , J. Williams , Henry )
2016: Netherlands (Samuel , Schippers , Van Schagen , Sedney )
2018: Great Britain (Philip , Lansiquot , B. Williams , Asher-Smith )
2022: Germany (Mayer , Haase , Lückenkemper , Burghardt )