time to training for the event. She came second behind Inês Monteiro at the European Cup 10000m in Marseille in June. Later that season she set a championship record to win the 10,000 m at the 2010 European Team Championships and took the national title over 5000 m at the 2010 German Athletics Championships the following month. She entered the 10,000 m at the 2010 European Athletics Championships and finished in sixth place. She turned her attentions to a debut at the Berlin Marathon in September, and even though she missed out on the podium with a fourth-place finish, she knocked a second off her best with a time of 2:26:21. She began her 2011 season on the roads, taking victories at the Rund um das Bayer-Kreuz 10K in Leverkusen and the Griesheim Half Marathon, although she dropped out mid-race at the higher profile Berlin Half Marathon. She reached the podium in Vienna in May at the Austrian Women's Run, taking third behind Ana Dulce Félix and Jéssica Augusto. That June she came third at the European Cup 10000m. She competed at the 2011 Frankfurt Marathon and her finishing time of 2:28:08 hours was enough to make the top ten. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished 17th in the women's 10000 metres, in a time of 31:50:35. She won the 2013 European Cup 10000m with a time of 32:13.64, more than 30 seconds in front of the runner-up, Christelle Daunay from France. She has represented the club LG Sieg, except for 2006 through 2010 when she represented the Kölner Verein für Marathon. Personal bests 1500 metres - 4:13.38 min (2001) 3000 metres - 8:44.65 min (2003) 5000 metres - 14:59.88 min (2009) 10,000 metres - 31:14.21 min (2008) Half marathon - 1:08:45 hrs (2009) Marathon - 2:26:21 hrs (2010) References External links 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Siegen German female long-distance runners German female marathon runners Olympic female long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics German national athletics champions Frankfurt Marathon female winners LG Sieg athletes 20th-century German women 21st-century German women