Beate Schrott (born 15 April 1988, in St. Pölten) is an

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who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles. She finished eighth in the 100 m hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In April 2019, Schrott became engaged to American triple jumper Christian Taylor. In November 2019 she completed a doctoral degree at the

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,„Frau Doktor“ – Beate Schrott bekommt Diplom
(28. November 2019) (de) in autumn 2021 she married Taylor.

Achievements

¹Did not finish in the semifinals

References

External links

Official website
* 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Sankt Pölten Athletes from Lower Austria Austrian female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Austria Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Austria European Games silver medalists for Austria Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in athletics 21st-century Austrian sportswomen {{Austria-athletics-bio-stub