Personal information | |
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Born | Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany | 21 August 1989
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Sport | |
Country | Germany |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 100 metres hurdles, 60 m hurdles |
Club | SC DHfK Leipzig |
Retired | 2023 |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 100 m hurdles: 12.59 (Beijing 2015) 60 m hurdles: 7.84 (Leipzig 2017) |
Medal record |
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]
Roleder won nine German national titles outdoors and indoors.
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]
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]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2007 | European Junior Championships | Hengelo, Netherlands | 4th | 100 m hurdles | 13.65 |
2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 21st (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 14.10 |
2009 | European U23 Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 12th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.50 (+0.1 m/s) |
2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 12th (h) | 100 m hurdles | 13.19 [6] |
2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 11th (sf) | 60 m hurdles | 8.06 |
European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 3rd | 100 m hurdles | 13.10 (-1.0 m/s) | |
World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 12th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 12.91 | |
2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 17th (h) | 60 m hurdles | 8.35 |
European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 7th | 100 m hurdles | 13.11 | |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 18th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.02 | |
2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 6th | 60 m hurdles | 8.01 |
European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 3rd | 100 m hurdles | 12.82 | |
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 4th | 60 m hurdles | 7.93 |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 2nd | 100 m hurdles | 12.59 | |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1st | 100 m hurdles | 12.62 |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 5th | 100 m hurdles | 12.74 | |
2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | 60 m hurdles | 7.88 |
2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 5th | 60 m hurdles | 7.87 |
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 3rd | 100 m hurdles | 12.77 | |
2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 2nd | 60 m hurdles | 7.97 |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 11th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 12.86 |
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