SPELMEYER-PREUSS Ruth Sophia

Date of Birth: 19 Sep 1990

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's 4 x 400m Relay GER Germany
	4 x 400m Relay Mixed GER Germany	DQ

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	4 x 400m Relay Mixed Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	4 x 400m Relay Mixed Final	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Women's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	SF (51.61)	Round 1 (3:26.02)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2017	London, GBR	SF (51.77)	6th (3:27.45)

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2021	Chorzow, POL	6th (3:33.00)
2019	Yokohama, JPN	Final B (3:31.89)
2017	Nassau, BAH	Heats (DQ)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Husband Tobias Preuss

Languages spoken:

VfL Oldenburg [Germany]

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Tobias Preuss has represented Germany in water polo, competing at the world championships in 2009 and 2019. (sportbuzzer.de, 14 Jun 2021; fina.org, 01 Jan 2021)

She took up the sport at age 10 at her local club. (nwzonline.de, 02 Dec 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (leichtathletik.de, 31 Aug 2020)

In 2015 she was named Sportswoman of the Year in Oldenburg, Germany, for the fourth time in five years. (oldenburg.de, 18 Dec 2015)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
DQ:: Disqualified

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