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.[1]
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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1938 : Germany (Kohl , Krauß , Albus , Kühnel ) 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 ) 2024 : Great Britain (Asher-Smith , Henry , Hunt , Neita )