Susen Tiedtke
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1993 Toronto | Long Jump |
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1995 Barcelona | Long Jump |
Susen Tiedtke (born 23 January 1969 in East Berlin, East Germany) is a German former long jumper, who took part in two editions of the Summer Olympics and won a silver and a bronze medal at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics in 1993 and 1995 respectively.
Tiedtke represented Germany in the long jump at the 1992 Olympic Games, where she finished 8th, and the 2000 Olympic Games, where she finished 5th. At the 1992 games, Tiedtke had originally finished ninth, but was promoted to eighth after the drugs disqualification of Nijole Medvedeva. This would also happen in 2000 when she was promoted from sixth to fifth after the drugs disqualification of Marion Jones.[1][2]
Doping
Following her bronze medal win at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Tiedtke tested positive for Oral-Turinabol, and was banned for two years.[1][3]
Gymnastics
Tiedtke won the East German championship in balance beam in 1982.
Playboy
Tiedtke appeared in the September 2004 edition of Playboy[4] entitled Women of the Olympics.[5]
Private life
Tiedtke married Joe Greene, an American long jumper, in December 1993. They lived in Dublin, Ohio. She changed her name to Susen Tiedtke-Greene. They divorced in 1998, and she moved back to Germany and reverted to her original name. She has been married to former tennis professional Hendrik Dreekmann since 28 January 2005.
Achievements
- All results regarding Long Jump
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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1987 | European Junior Championships | Birmingham, England | 3rd | 6.39 m (w) |
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 5th | 6.77 m |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 8th | 6.60 m |
1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 2nd | 6.84 m |
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 9th | 6.54 m | |
1995 | World Indoor Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 3rd | 6.90 m |
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 6th | 6.78 m |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 8th | 6.62 m |
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 7th | 6.68 m |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 5th | 6.74 m |
- w = wind-assisted
See also
References
- ^ a b "Susen Tiedtke". Biographies. International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF. Archived from the original on August 26, 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Susen Tiedtke". Athletics - Statistics - Individual statistics. Sports.org. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ "German faces four-year ban". Drugs in Sport. independent.co.uk. 11 April 1995. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ "Susen Tiedtke-Green". headOD. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
- ^ Katz, Andrew (2004-08-31). "Olympics were too hot to handle for athletes, fans". The Justice. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
- 1969 births
- Living people
- German female long jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Germany
- Sportspeople from Berlin
- People from East Berlin
- Doping cases in athletics
- German sportspeople in doping cases
- German athletics biography stubs