Karin Strametz
{{Short description|Austrian athlete (born 1998)}}
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| nationality = Austrian
| sport = Athletics
| event = Hurdles
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| pb = 60m hurdles: 8.00 (Glasgow, 2024)
100m hurdles: 12.87 (Rome, 2024)
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Karin Strametz (born 18 April 1998) is an Austrian hurdler. She has multiple national titles in the 60m hurdles and 100m hurdles.{{cite web|title= Karin Strametz|website=World Athletics|accessdate=19 June 2024|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/austria/karin-strametz-14505427}}
Career
She set a new personal best running 8.13 seconds for 60m hurdles at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń in March 2021.{{cite web|url= https://www.meinbezirk.at/leibnitz/c-sport/karin-strametz-trumpft-bei-europameisterschaft-auf_a4516520|website=Meinberzik|accessdate=19 June 2024|title= Karin Strametz trumpft bei Europameisterschaft auf|date=8 March 2021}}
She was part of the Austrian national record-setting 4x100m team at the 2021 Diamond League
meeting in Lausanne.{{cite web|url=https://www.meinbezirk.at/leibnitz/c-sport/karin-strametz-mit-rekord-ueber-4x100-m_a4848613|website=Meinbezirk.at|accessdate=19 June 2024|title= Karin Strametz mit Rekord über 4x100 m|date=30 August 2021}}
She won her first Austrian 60m hurdles title in February 2022 in 8.23 seconds. Strametz won silver over 60 meters flat at the championships in 7.45 seconds.{{cite web|url=https://www.meinbezirk.at/leibnitz/c-sport/karin-strametz-jubelt-ueber-ersten-staatsmeistertitel_a5186575|website=Meinberzirk.at|accessdate=19 June 2024|title= Karin Strametz jubelt über ersten Staatsmeistertitel|date=2 March 2022}}
She retained her Austrian 60m hurdles indoor title in February 2023.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7192151?eventId=10230177|website=World Athletics|accessdate=19 June 2024|title=Austrian Indoor Championships|date=18 February 2023}} She ran as part of the Austrian 4x100m team at the 2023 European Team Championships in Silesia, which set a national record of 44.18 seconds.{{cite web|title=Women's 4×100m Relay Heat A Results|website=european-games.org|date= 21 June 2023|accessdate=19 June 2024|url= https://results.european-games.org/pdf/EG2023/ATH/EG2023_ATH_C73E_ATHW4X100M--D3--------FNL-000100--.pdf}} In July 2023, she ran 13.11 seconds for the 100m hurdles to win the Austrian national title in Bregenz.{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7197237?eventId=10229522 | website=World Athletics|accessdate=19 June 2024|title=Austrian Championships|date=8 July 2023}}
She set a new personal best for the 60 metres hurdles of 8.04 in Astana in January 2024. She lowered it to 8.03, winning the Austrian indoor national title in Linz in February 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.krone.at/3276596|website=Krone.at|accessdate=19 June 2024|title= Success story continues: Strametz in the semifinals!|date=4 March 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7205928?eventId=10230177|date=17 February 2024|accessdate=19 June 2024|title=Austrian Indoor Championships|website=World Athletics}} She set another new personal best of 8.00 seconds in reaching the semi-finals in the 60m hurdles at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.{{cite web|url=https://www.krone.at/3277126|website=Krone.at|accessdate=19 June 2024|title= Semi-final exit for Strametz despite record time!|date=3 March 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.stlv.at/service/news/8-00s-fuer-karin-strametz-und-rang-13-bei-der-wm-in-glasgow|website=stlv.at|accessdate=19 June 2024|title= 8.00s for Karin Strametz and 13th place at the World Championships in Glasgow!|date=4 March 2024}}
She set a new personal best of 12.87 seconds in reaching the semi-finals of the 100m hurdles at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.{{cite web|url= https://www.hdsports.at/leichtathletik/italienischer-goldregen-bei-leichtathletik-em-rueckblick-tag-2|website=hdsports.at|accessdate=19 June 2024|title= Italian gold rush at the European Athletics Championships [Review: Day 2]|first=Thomas|last=Bauer|date=9 June 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.kleinezeitung.at/sport/18546729/karin-strametz-trotz-bestzeit-nicht-im-finale|website=kleinezeitburg|accessdate=19 June 2024|title= Karin Strametz not in the final despite best time|date=8 June 2024}}