Siegrun Siegl
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1976 Montreal | Pentathlon |
Siegrun Siegl (née Thon; born 29 October 1954 in Apolda, Thuringia) is a retired East German athlete who specialized in the pentathlon and later long jump.
Biography
She finished fourth in pentathlon at the 1974 European Championships. On 19 May 1976 she broke the world record in long jump with 6.99 metres in Dresden.[1] She only finished fourth in this event at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, but won the gold medal in pentathlon.
After this she concentrated on the long jump only. She won the 1979 European Indoor Championships and finished fifth at the 1980 Summer Olympics. However, 6.99 m remained her career best jump, and today this places her seventh on the German all-time performers list, behind Heike Drechsler, Helga Radtke, Sabine Paetz, Brigitte Wujak, Birgit Großhennig and Susen Tiedtke.[2]
She competed for the sports club SC Turbine Erfurt during her active career.
References
- ^ The Athletics Site: world record progression, women's long jump Archived 2007-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc Archived 2009-01-10 at WebCite
External links
- Siegrun Siegl at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Siegrun Siegl at Olympics.com
- 1954 births
- Living people
- People from Apolda
- East German female long jumpers
- East German pentathletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of East Germany
- Former world record holders in athletics (track and field)
- Sportspeople from Thuringia
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- German athletics Olympic medalist stubs