Elvira Uladzimirauna Herman ( be, Эльвіра Уладзіміраўна Герман; born 9 January 1997) is a

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

ian athlete specialising in the

sprint hurdles Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

. She won the gold medal at the

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...

At the 2018 European Athletics Golden Tracks awards in Lausanne Elvira received the award as Europe's female rising star in 2018. In 2019, she won the silver medal in the team event at the

2019 European Games , translation: Time for bright victories! , nations participating = 50 , athletes participating = 4,082 , events = 200 in 15 sports , opening ceremony = 21 June , closing ceremony = 30 June , officially opened ...

held in Minsk, Belarus. She has personal bests of 12.64 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles (Šamorín 2018) and 8.05 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Mogilyov 2018).

International competitions

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1997 births Living people Belarusian female hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Sportspeople from Pinsk Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) European Athletics Rising Star of the Year winners Universiade silver medalists for Belarus Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in athletics European Games gold medalists for Belarus European Games silver medalists for Belarus Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Belarus {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub