Cindy Roleder

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Cindy Roleder
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Roleder in 2015
Personal information
Born (1989-08-21) 21 August 1989 (age 33)
Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Country Germany
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 100 metres hurdles, 60 m hurdles
Club SC DHfK Leipzig
Retired2023
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m hurdles: 12.59 (Beijing 2015)
60 m hurdles: 7.84 (Leipzig 2017)
Medal record
Roleder at the German Indoor Championships in 2022 2022-02-26 Leichtathletik, Deutsche Hallenmeisterschaften 1DX 4762 by Stepro.jpg
Roleder at the German Indoor Championships in 2022

Cindy Roleder (born 21 August 1989) [1] is a German track and field athlete, specializing in 100 metres hurdles. She won the silver medal at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics. Roleder claimed three medals at the European Athletics Championships, becoming the first German winner of the European 100 m hurdles title since reunification in 2016. She also won the 60 m hurdles title at the 2017 European Indoor Championships. [2]

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Roleder won nine German national titles outdoors and indoors.

Early life and early career

Cindy Roleder was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitz. Originally a gymnast, she took up athletics at the age of 8 when her sports teacher Mr Grosser spotted her running speed and asked her to join his running club, where Roleder competed against children 1–2 years older than herself. She made her international debut at the 2007 European Junior Championships in Hengelo, Netherlands, where she finished fourth in the 100 metres hurdles. In 2011, Roleder won her first international medal in the event at the European Under-23 Championships held in Ostrava. [3]

Career

Roleder competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London reaching the semifinals in her specialist event. She went one step better at the 2016 Olympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro and reached the final, finishing fifth. [4] The biggest success of her career is the silver medal at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in the 100 m hurdles with a personal best time of 12.59 seconds. She also won the 100 m hurdles at the 2016 European Championships and 60 m hurdles at the 2017 European Indoor Championships. [5]

Achievements

International competitions

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2007 European Junior Championships Hengelo, Netherlands4th100 m hurdles13.65
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland21st (sf)100 m hurdles 14.10
2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania12th (sf)100 m hurdles 13.50 (+0.1 m/s)
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain12th (h)100 m hurdles 13.19 [6]
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France11th (sf)60 m hurdles 8.06
European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic3rd100 m hurdles 13.10 (-1.0 m/s)
World Championships Daegu, South Korea12th (sf)100 m hurdles 12.91
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey17th (h)60 m hurdles 8.35
European Championships Helsinki, Finland7th100 m hurdles 13.11
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom18th (sf)100 m hurdles 13.02
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland6th60 m hurdles 8.01
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland3rd100 m hurdles 12.82
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic4th60 m hurdles 7.93
World Championships Beijing, China2nd100 m hurdles 12.59
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands1st100 m hurdles 12.62
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil5th100 m hurdles 12.74
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia1st60 m hurdles 7.88
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom5th60 m hurdles 7.87
European Championships Berlin, Germany3rd100 m hurdles 12.77
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom2nd60 m hurdles 7.97
World Championships Doha, Qatar11th (sf)100 m hurdles 12.86

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References

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  6. Disqualified in the semifinals