Sabina Veit (born December 5, 1985, in

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) is a Slovenian sprinter. She set a personal best and an Olympic A-standard time of 22.74 seconds, by winning the

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at the Slovenian Open Athletics Championships, coincidentally in her home city. She also won a bronze medal in the same distance at the

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, finishing her time at 23.34 seconds. Veit represented Slovenia at the

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in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 200 metres. She ran in the third heat against seven other competitors, including United States'

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of the Bahamas. She finished the race in fifth place by four hundredths of a second (0.04) behind Cyprus'

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, with a time of 23.62 seconds. Veit, however, failed to advance into the quarterfinals, as she placed thirty-fourth overall, and was ranked below four mandatory slots for the next round. She also tied her overall position with Barbados' Jade Bailey.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Slovenian female sprinters Living people Olympic athletes for Slovenia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Maribor 1985 births World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovenia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Slovenia Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Slovenia Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Olympic female sprinters {{Slovenia-athletics-bio-stub