Andrea Mayr

Andrea Mayr is an Austrian long-distance runner, born on 15 October 1979, who competes in road running and mountain running and also takes part in cycling and ski mountaineering. Her personal best in the women's marathon is 2:30:43, set on 19 April 2009 when she won the Vienna City Marathon, and she holds the Austrian records over both the half marathon and the marathon. She is regarded as the most accomplished athlete in the history of the World Mountain Running Championships, where she has won seven titles, and she has also won world championships in ski mountaineering. On the track she represented Austria in the 3000 metres steeplechase at the World Championships in Athletics in 2005 and 2007 without getting past the heats, and she ran the women's marathon at the 2012 London Olympics. She also holds the record for the Empire State Building Run-Up, set in 2006 in a time of 11:23.