Andrea Mayr

Andrea Mayr (born 15 October 1979) is a female long-distance runner from Austria. She also competes in mountain running, cycling and ski mountaineering. She set her personal best (2:30:43) in the women's marathon on 19 April 2009, winning the Vienna City Marathon. She holds the Austrian records over the half marathon and marathon distances. She is the most accomplished mountain runner in history with 7 World Championship titles and has also won world championships in ski mountaineering ^[1]

Andrea Mayr

Andrea Mayr.
Personal information
Born	(1979-10-15) 15 October 1979 (age 45) Eisenstadt, Austria
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Country	Austria
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon
Medal record Mountain running World Championships 2004 Sauze d'Ouix Long race Winner 2006 Bursa Long race Runner-up 2007 Ovronnaz Long race Winner 2008 Crans-Montana Long race Winner 2010 Kamnik Long race Winner 2012 Ponte di Legno Long race Winner 2014 Casete di Massa Long race Winner 2016 Sapareva Banya Long race Runner-up 2017 Premana Long race Runner-up 2022 Chiang Mai Uphill Winner 2023 Innsbruck Uphill Ski mountaineering World Championships 2017 Alpago/Piancavallo Vertical race 2019 Villars-sur-Ollon Vertical race

Biography

She represented Austria in the 3000 metres steeplechase at both the 2005 and 2007 World Championships in Athletics, although she did not make it past the heats. She won the event in the Second League section of the 2008 European Cup and managed a silver for Austria in the Second League of the 2010 European Team Championships.

Mayr set a course record at the 2008 Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race in Nigeria.^[2] She won the World Mountain Running Championships in 2010, beating runner-up Valentina Belotti by over half a minute in the 8.5 km race.^[3] She also won the WMRA Grand Prix series that year: she had already secured the title before the final by merit of having an unassailable lead in the points table, yet she went on to win the Smarna Gora race finale and further cement her position as the world's top female mountain runner.^[4] She is the record holder of the Empire State Building Run-Up (11:23, 2006).^[5] She has seven World Mountain Running titles.^[6]

Mayr competed in the 2012 London Olympics for Austria. She finished 54th in the women's marathon.^[7]

Achievements

Mayr in the 2012 Summer Olympics marathon

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2009	Vienna City Marathon	Vienna, Austria	1st	Marathon	2:30:43
	European Mountain Running Championships	Telfes im Stubai, Austria	3rd	9.5 km	56:55
2010	Vienna City Marathon	Vienna, Austria	5th	Marathon	2:34:09