Tanja Mayer
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| Nationality | Swiss | ||||||||||||
| Born |
2 July 1993 (age 23) [1]Sommeri, TG, Switzerland[1] | ||||||||||||
| Residence | Sommeri, TG[2] | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||
| Sport |
 Bobsleigh | ||||||||||||
| Event(s) | two-women | ||||||||||||
| Coached by |
 Marcel Rohner  Petr Ramseidl[1] | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tanja Mayer (born 2 July 1993) is a Swiss athlete and bobsledder. She competed in heptathlon at the junior level and started competing in bobsleigh in 2013.[1]
Bobsleigh
On 26 January 2014, Tanja Mayer, along with Swiss pilot Fabienne Meyer, won the two-women World Cup race in Königsee, Germany. The race also doubled as the European Championship, earning them a gold medal.[3]
She is competing as a brakewoman at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
European Championships
- 2014 European Championships –
Königssee, 
with Fabienne Meyer
Athletics
Tanja competed in heptathlon at the junior level. In 2009, she took part in the World Youth Championships where she finished in 7th place.[4] In 2011, she finished in 9th place at the European Junior Championships.[5] She also competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Barcelona where she finished in 16th place.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Tanja Mayer Profile". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "FIBT Tanja Mayer profile". FIBT. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "FIBT European Championships Bob & Skeleton: Official Results Bob Women" (PDF). FIBT. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "Women's Heptathlon results". IAAF. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "Women's Heptathlon results" (PDF). Sport Result. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ↑ "14th IAAF World Junior Championships – Women's Heptathlon". IAAF. Retrieved 18 February 2014.