Often touted as the world's sexist athlete, German Alica Schmidt will compete at the Tokyo Olympics. (More Sports News)
All you need to know about the 22-year-old athlete from Worms, Germany:
She will be part of the German team for the women's 4×400m relay event. Other runners are Nadine Gonska, Hannah Mergenthaler, Laura Muller, Karolina Pahlitzsch, Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer and Corinna Schwab.
Schmidt was part of the German teams that finished second in the 4×400m relay event at the 2017 European Athletics U20 Championships and third in the same discipline at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships.
Schmidt began her career training at MTV Ingolstadt. But currently, she is with SCC Berlin.
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In 2017, magazine Busted Coverage described Schmidt as "the world's sexiest athlete". And her reaction was: "I do not know why I got this title. Sport clearly comes first."
Heats for women's 4×400m relay is scheduled to be held on July 5, and the final on July 7.
