Tanja Mayer (born 2 July 1993) is a

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athlete and

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. She competed in

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at the junior level and started competing in bobsleigh in 2013.

Bobsleigh

On 26 January 2014, Tanja Mayer, along with Swiss pilot

Fabienne Meyer Fabienne Meyer (born 28 November 1981) is a Swiss former bobsledder who has been competing since 2005. She scored her first World Cup win in a two-woman event at Königssee, Germany, in January 2014. The race also doubled as the women's Bobsle ...

, won the two-women World Cup race in

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. The race also doubled as the European Championship, earning them a gold medal. She is competing as a brakewoman at the

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European Championships

*2014

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, with

Athletics

Tanja competed in

at the junior level. In 2009, she took part in the World Youth Championships where she finished in 7th place. In 2011, she finished in 9th place at the European Junior Championships. She also competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships in

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where she finished in

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place.

References

1993 births Living people Swiss female bobsledders Bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders of Switzerland Swiss heptathletes Sportspeople from Thurgau {{Switzerland-bobsleigh-bio-stub