Verena Mayr
Preiner in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Verena Preiner 1 February 1995 Ebensee, Austria |
| Education | Johannes Kepler University Linz |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Austria |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Heptathlon, Pentathlon |
Medal record | |
Verena Mayr (née Preiner, born 1 February 1995) is an Austrian athlete competing in the combined events. She won the bronze medal in the heptathlon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. In 2017, Mayr took a silver in the heptathlon at the European Under-23 Championships and a gold at the Summer Universiade.
She represented Austria at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, placing eleventh in the heptathlon. Mayr is the Austrian record holder in the event and won 11 national titles (mostly for the combined events).