Medal record | ||
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Women's athletics | ||
Representing East Germany | ||
World Championships | ||
1983 Helsinki | 100 m hurdles |
Bettine Jahn (née Gärtz, born 3 August 1958 in Magdeburg[1]) is an East German former athlete. She competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[2]
She won the 100-meter hurdles at the 1983 World Championship in Helsinki.[3] She set an indoor world record for the 60 meter hurdles in 1983 and won a gold medal at the World Track and Field Championships in Helsinki, Finland.[4] She is still the German record holder for the 100 meter hurdles with 12.42 s.[citation needed]
She married in January 1983 and was initially referred to as Bettine Jahn-Gärtz in the media but later Bettine Jahn.[5]