Leena Günther (born 16 April 1991 in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

) is a German athlete who competes in the sprint with a personal best time of 11.33 seconds in the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

event. Günther won the gold medal at the

2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ...

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. That year, she was also part of the German 4 x 100 m women's team which finished 5th in the final at the

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...

. She has also competed at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics.

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documentary film about Leena Günther on her way to London
* 1991 births Living people Athletes from Cologne German female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Germany European Athletics Championships medalists Olympic female sprinters {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub