Rosemarie Ackermann
Medal record | ||
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Women's athletics | ||
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Olympic Games | ||
1976 Montreal | High jump | |
European Championships | ||
1974 Rome | High jump | |
1978 Prague | High jump |
Rosemarie "Rosi" Ackermann (née Witschas; born 4 April 1952) is a former East German high jumper. She was the first female high jumper ever to clear the height of 2.00 m, on 26 August 1977 in Berlin.
Biography
She was born as Rosemarie Witschas in Lohsa, Sachsen. Under that name, she took part for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, finishing seventh behind Ulrike Meyfarth.
In 1974, at the European Championships in Rome, she won her first international title, setting a new world record (1.95m) along the way. Later that year, she married handball player Manfred Ackermann, and assumed his surname.[citation needed] Two years later, when she won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada.[1]
She lost her European title to Italian jumper Sara Simeoni in 1978, when they both cleared the world-record height of 2.01 m.[citation needed] Simeoni was Ackermann's rival.[1] However, Ackermann's early celebrations caused the rod to fall, leaving her with second place. Ackermann retired from athletics after the 1980 Olympics, where she placed fourth, just outside the medals.
Ackermann is the last female high jumper to set a world record using the straddle technique. She's also the last high jumper of either gender to win the Olympic gold medal in the high jump event with that technique.
She became East German champion in 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1980, and also won two bronze medals in 1969 and 1972. She also became East German indoor champion in 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1980. She competed for the sports club SC Cottbus.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Ackermann, Rosemarie (1952—)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Gale Research Inc. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2013.(subscription required)
- ^ "Leichtathletik - DDR - Meisterschaften (Hochsprung - Damen)" (in German). Sport-Komplett. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Leichtathletik - DDR - Hallen - Meisterschaften (Hochsprung - Damen)" (in German). Sport-Komplett. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
External links
- Rosie Witschas-Ackermann at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1952 births
- Living people
- People from Bautzen (district)
- East German female high jumpers
- Olympic athletes of East Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- World record setters in athletics (track and field)
- East German sportspeople in doping cases
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold
- Track & Field News Athlete of the Year winners