Barbara Petráhn (born 16 September 1978 in

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) is a Hungarian

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sprinter who specializes in the

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and

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

. An 11 time Hungarian Athletics Championships winner in 400 metres, Petráhn matched the national record of the distance (51.50 seconds) in 2006, tying

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's record set in 1980. She raced at two Olympics in this event in 2000 and 2008. In her first participation at the

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, Petráhn made it from the first round to the quarterfinals, where she came last in her heat and did not advance further. At the

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she came only fourth in her first round heat thus did not manage to go to the quarterfinals. Beside 400 metres, she also had successes in 200 metres, most notably winning 5 Hungarian Athletics Championships titles, including four in a row between 2007 and 2010.

Personal bests

:''As of 20 May 2012'' ;Outdoor ;Indoor

Awards

* Hungarian athlete of the Year (1): 2007

References

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* 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Sopron Hungarian female sprinters Olympic athletes for Hungary Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic female sprinters Hungarian Athletics Championships winners {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub