Cindy Roleder

Cindy Roleder (born 21 August 1989)^[1] is a German track and field athlete, specializing in 100 metres hurdles. She won the silver medal at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics. Roleder claimed three medals at the European Athletics Championships, becoming the first German winner of the European 100 m hurdles title since reunification in 2016. She also won the 60 m hurdles title at the 2017 European Indoor Championships.^[2]

Cindy Roleder

Roleder in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1989-08-21) 21 August 1989 (age 35) Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 metres hurdles, 60 m hurdles
Club	SC DHfK Leipzig
Retired	2023
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m hurdles: 12.59 (Beijing 2015) 60 m hurdles: 7.84 (Leipzig 2017)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Germany World Championships 2015 Beijing 100 m hurdles European Championships 2016 Amsterdam 100 m hurdles 2014 Zürich 100 m hurdles 2018 Berlin 100 m hurdles European Indoor Championships 2017 Belgrade 60 m hurdles 2019 Glasgow 60 m hurdles European U23 Championships 2011 Ostrava 100 m hurdles

Roleder at the German Indoor Championships in 2022

Roleder won nine German national titles outdoors and indoors.

Early life and early career

Cindy Roleder was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, now Chemnitz. Originally a gymnast, she took up athletics at the age of 8 when her sports teacher Mr Grosser spotted her running speed and asked her to join his running club, where Roleder competed against children 1–2 years older than herself. She made her international debut at the 2007 European Junior Championships in Hengelo, Netherlands, where she finished fourth in the 100 metres hurdles. In 2011, Roleder won her first international medal in the event at the European Under-23 Championships held in Ostrava.^[3]

Career

Roleder competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London reaching the semifinals in her specialist event. She went one step better at the 2016 Olympic Games held in Rio de Janeiro and reached the final, finishing fifth.^[4] The biggest success of her career is the silver medal at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in the 100 m hurdles with a personal best time of 12.59 seconds. She also won the 100 m hurdles at the 2016 European Championships and 60 m hurdles at the 2017 European Indoor Championships.^[5]

Achievements

International competitions

Representing  Germany

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2007	European Junior Championships	Hengelo, Netherlands	4th	100 m hurdles	13.65
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	21st (sf)	100 m hurdles	14.10
2009	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	12th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.50 (+0.1 m/s)
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	12th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.19[6]
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	11th (sf)	60 m hurdles	8.06
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	3rd	100 m hurdles	13.10 (-1.0 m/s)
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	12th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.91
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	17th (h)	60 m hurdles	8.35
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	7th	100 m hurdles	13.11
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	18th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.02
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	6th	60 m hurdles	8.01
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.82
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	4th	60 m hurdles	7.93
	World Championships	Beijing, China	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.59
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1st	100 m hurdles	12.62
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	5th	100 m hurdles	12.74
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	60 m hurdles	7.88
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	5th	60 m hurdles	7.87
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	3rd	100 m hurdles	12.77
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.97
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	11th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.86

National titles

• German Athletics Championships
  • 100 m hurdles: 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019
• German Indoor Athletics Championships
  • 60 m hurdles: 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022