Skadi Schier
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | German |
| Born | 25 March 2000 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | 400 metres |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 200 m: 23.26 (2026) 400 m: 51.53 (2026) Indoor 200 m: 23.46 (2026) 400 m: 52.26 (2026) |
Skadi Schier (born 25 March 2000) is a German sprinter who has won multiple national championship titles over 400 metres.[3]
Biography
From Lübbenau, Brandenburg, Schier trained in Cottbus, and also ran for SC Potsdam and had success as a junior and under-20 athlete in short sprints at a national level before transitioning to the 400 metres in 2022.[4][5]
As a member of SCC Berlin, Schier won the senior German Indoor Athletics Championships in Dortmund in February 2023 over 400 metres.[6] Competing outdoors that summer, Schier won the German Athletics Championships over 400 metres in July 2023, running 51.82 seconds.[7][8] She was part of the German mixed 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.[9]
She competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 World Relays, in Nassau, The Bahamas.[10][11] Schier was part of the German women's 4 × 400 m relay team at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024.[12] Later that month, she retained her German 400 metres title.[13][14] She was selected for the Germany relay pool at the 2024 Olympic Games, where she competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the women's 4 × 400 m relay.[15]
In Dortmund in February 2025, she placed second to Johanna Martin at the German Indoor Championships over 400 metres.[16] She competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025.[17] In August 2025, Schier won her third consecutive German title over 400 metres. [18] She was selected for the German team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where she ran in the women's x 400 metres relay.[19][20]
In May 2026, she competed in the German team at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana, running in the mixed 4 × 400 m relay and women's 4 × 400 m relay.[21][22][23] In the women's race she helped the team qualify for the 2027 World Championships, alongside Jana Lakner, Annkathrin Hoven and Irina Gorr.[24] On 19 June, she ran a personal best 51.53 seconds for the 400 metres at the 2026 Doha Diamond League.[25] Shortly after setting her new personal best, she was forced to withdraw from the German Outdoor Championships due to a torn muscle fiber in the left thigh. Consequently, she was not capable of defending her national 400 m title.[26]
References
- ↑ Skadi Schier at Olympedia
- ↑ Deutscher Leichtathletik Verband: Unser Team für Tokio. 2025, page 74
- ↑ "Skadi Schier". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ "Skadi Schier – Finally in the right training environment". Leichtathletik. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ "Skadi Schier from Cottbus has achieved the European Championship qualifying standard". niederlausitz-aktuell.de. May 14, 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ "Skadi Schier krönt starke Hallensaison mit 400-Meter-Titel". Leichtathletik. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ "German Championships". World Athletics. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ "Skadi Schier: Success through ambitious goals and perseverance". Leichtathletik. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ "Leichtathletik-WM in Budapest: Die Hoffnung auf Überraschungen". freiepresse.de. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ "DLV benennt erste Starterinnen und Starter für die World Relays". Leichtathletik. 26 April 2026. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ "Women 4x400m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 31 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "German Championships". World Athletics. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ Lemoncelli, Jenna (August 6, 2024). "German teammate shades 'World's Sexiest Athlete,' Alica Schmidt, after disappointing Olympics start". New York Post. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ↑ "Women's 4 x 400 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ↑ "German Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ↑ "Women's 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ "German Championships". World Athletics. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 20 Sep 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ↑ "76 für Tokio: Das deutsche WM-Team steht". Leichtathletik.de. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Relays 2026: These stars will start in the relay highlight - German Athletics Federation (DLV) team with top lineup". Olympics.com. 23 April 2026. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "German sprinters shine with bronze". Leichtathletik.de. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "Jana Lakner explodes: Telis runner takes the German relay team to the 2027 World Championships". mittelbayerische.de. 5 May 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
- ↑ "Results - Doha Diamond League 2026". Watch Athletics. 19 June 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- ↑ "Flash-News am Mittwoch". www.leichtathletik.de | Das Leichtathletik-Portal (in German). 2026-07-22. Retrieved 2026-07-31.