German sprinter (1911–1995)
Emmy Albus
Emmy Albus at the 1936 Olympics
Born 13 December 1911Wuppertal , Germany Died 20 September 1995 (aged 83)Berlin, Germany Height 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) Weight 57 kg (126 lb) Sport Athletics Event(s) 100 m, 200 m Club Barmer TV 1846, Wuppertal Personal best(s) 100 m – 11.9 (1936) 200 m – 26.0 (1935)[ 1] [ 2]
Emmy Albus Liersch (13 December 1911 – 20 September 1995) was a German sprinter who won a gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1938 European Championships, the same year she set a world record in the 4 × 200 m relay.[ 1]
At the 1936 Berlin Olympics her 4 × 100 m team set a world record in the semifinals and led the final until a missed exchange in the final leg. Individually, she finished sixth in the 100 m event.[ 1]
At the 1938 European Athletics Championships , Albus finished sixth in the 100 metres in addition to the gold medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay .
In 1958 Albus married Walter Liersch, a fellow German sprinter.[ 1]
1938 : Germany (Kohl , Krauß , Albus , Kühnel )
1946 : Netherlands (v.d. Kade-Koudijs , Witziers-Timmer , Adema , Blankers-Koen )
1950 : Great Britain (Hay , Desforges , Hall , Foulds )
1954 : Soviet Union (Krepkina , Uliskina , Itkina , Turova )
1958 : Soviet Union (Krepkina , Kepp , Polyakova , Maslovska )
1962 : Poland (Ciepły , Sobotta , Szyroka , Piątkowska )
1966 : Poland (Bednarek , Straszyńska , Kirszenstein , Kłobukowska )
1969 : GDR (Höfer , Meissner , Podeswa , Vogt )
1971 : FRG (Schittenhelm , Helten , Irrgang , Mickler )
1974 : GDR (Maletzki , Stecher , Heinich , Eckert )
1978 : Soviet Union (Anisimova , Maslakova , Kondratyeva , Storozhkova )
1982 : GDR (Walther , Eckert , Rieger , Göhr )
1986 : GDR (Gladisch , Rieger , Brestrich-Auerswald , Göhr )
1990 : GDR (Möller , Krabbe , Behrendt , Günther )
1994 : Germany (Paschke , Knoll , Zipp , Lichtenhagen )
1998 : France (Benth , Bangué , Félix , Arron )
2002 : France (Combe , Hurtis , Félix , Sidibé )
2006 : Russia (Gushchina , Rusakova , Khabarova , Grigoryeva )
2010 : Ukraine (Povh , Pohrebnyak , Ryemyen , Bryzhina )
2012 : Germany (Günther , Cibis , Pinto , Sailer )
2014 : Great Britain (Philip , Nelson , J. Williams , Henry )
2016 : Netherlands (Samuel , Schippers , Van Schagen , Sedney )
2018 : Great Britain (Philip , Lansiquot , B. Williams , Asher-Smith )
2022 : Germany (Mayer , Haase , Lückenkemper , Burghardt )
2024 : Great Britain (Asher-Smith , Henry , Hunt , Neita )