Claudia Salman-Rath ( Rath; born 25 April 1986, in Hadamar) is a German

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

who specialises in the

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

. Rath represented

Germany at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics Germany were represented by 74 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain. Just five days before the start of the Championships, it was announced that marathon runner Falk Cierpinski had to pull out due to injur ...

where she finished 11th in the

, scoring a personal best of 6107 points. She followed this up with a win at the national heptathlon championships, scoring 5746 points.

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* * * * * * * * 1986 births Living people People from Hadamar Sportspeople from Giessen (region) German heptathletes World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany {{Germany-heptathlon-bio-stub