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Martha Grossenbacher

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Martha Grossenbacher
Personal information
Born (1959-08-31) 31 August 1959 (age 65)
Paramaribo, Suriname[1]
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)100 m, 200 m, 400 m
ClubTV Unterstrass

Martha Grossenbacher (née Martha Derby; born 31 August 1959) is a retired athlete who specialised in sprinting events.[3] She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics as well one indoor and one outdoor World Championships.

Grossenbacher-Derby was born in Suriname and moved to the Netherlands at the age of 14. She only joined an athletics club in 1978, but by the next year she was already a member of the Dutch national team. At a meet in Portugal she met the Swiss javelin thrower Fred Grossenbacher, whom she married in March 1986. After the European championships of that year she moved to Wimmis in Switzerland and from that point on competed for Switzerland.[1]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing the  Netherlands
1986 European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 19th (h) 100 m 11.65
14th (sf) 200 m 23.81
7th 4x100 m relay 44.38
Representing  Switzerland
1987 European Indoor Championships Liévin, France 12th (sf) 60 m 7.44
World Indoor Championships Indianapolis, United States 12th (sf) 60 m 7.54
1989 European Indoor Championships The Hague, Netherlands 8th 60 m 7.42
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 15th (sf) 400 m 53.57
6th 4x400 m relay 3:29.94
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 24th (h) 400 m 53.771
9th (h) 4x400 m relay 3:30.32
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 7th 60 m 7.40
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 9th (h) 4x400 m relay 3:31.26
1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 19th (h) 60 m 7.53
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 6th 4x400 m relay 3:28.78

1Did not start in the quarterfinals

Personal bests

[4] Outdoor

Indoor

References