Elfriede Steurer (later Reichert, 9 December 1924 – 6 December 2021) was an Austrian sprinter who competed in the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

and in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. Steurer was an twelve-time individual national champion, including nine titles in the

80 metres hurdles 80 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling ran by women until 1972 in international competitions. Since the 1972 Summer Olympics, the event has been permanently replaced by the 100 metre hurdles. Masters athletics The distance, with different s ...

. She competed in that event twice at the

European Athletics Championships The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletics Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe. Editions First held, for men ...

, first in 1950 and again in 1954. Steurer later married and took the name Reichert. She died on 6 December 2021, at the age of 96.

References

1924 births 2021 deaths Austrian female sprinters Austrian female hurdlers Olympic athletes of Austria Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics {{Austria-athletics-bio-stub