Barbara Petráhn

{{short description|Hungarian sprinter}}

{{eastern name order|Petráhn Barbara}}

Barbara Petráhn (born 16 September 1978 in Sopron){{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/barbara-petrahn-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025335/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/barbara-petrahn-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Barbara Petráhn Biography and Olympic Results|publisher=Sports Reference|accessdate=20 May 2012}} is a Hungarian track and field sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres.

An 11 time Hungarian Athletics Championships winner in 400 metres,{{cite web|url=http://kerszoft.hu/szepesi/atletika/nob.htm|title=Magyar női bajnokok atlétikában, szabad téren|trans-title=Hungarian Athletics Championships winners, outdoor|publisher=Kerszoft|accessdate=20 May 2012|language=Hungarian}} Petráhn matched the national record of the distance (51.50 seconds) in 2006, tying Ilona Pál's record set in 1980.{{cite web|url=http://www.origo.hu/sport/egyeni/20060514petrahn.html|title=Petráhn Barbara 26 éves csúcsot állított be|publisher=Origo|date=14 May 2006|accessdate=20 May 2012|language=Hungarian}} She raced at two Olympics in this event in 2000 and 2008. In her first participation at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Petráhn made it from the first round to the quarterfinals,{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/womens-400-metres-round-one.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417105049/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/womens-400-metres-round-one.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Round One|publisher=Sports Reference|accessdate=20 May 2012}} where she came last in her heat and did not advance further.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/womens-400-metres-quarter-finals.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417105047/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/womens-400-metres-quarter-finals.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Quarter-Finals|publisher=Sports Reference|accessdate=20 May 2012}} At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she came only fourth in her first round heat thus did not manage to go to the quarterfinals.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2008/ATH/womens-400-metres-round-one.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417051325/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2008/ATH/womens-400-metres-round-one.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Athletics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Round One|publisher=Sports Reference|accessdate=20 May 2012}}

Beside 400 metres, she also had successes in 200 metres, most notably winning 5 Hungarian Athletics Championships titles, including four in a row between 2007 and 2010.