Grit Breuer

Breuer at the East German Track and Field Athletics Championships in Neubrandenburg, July 1989
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul 4 × 400 m relay
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Athens 4 × 400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1991 Tokyo 400 m
Silver medal – second place 2001 Edmonton 4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Tokyo 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Tokyo 4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Seville 4 × 400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1991 Seville 4 × 400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1999 Maebashi 400 m
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Seville 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Paris 4 × 400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Birmingham 400 m

Grit Breuer (later Springstein, born 16 February 1972 in Röbel, Bezirk Neubrandenburg) is a German former athlete, who competed in the women's 200 metres, 400 metres, 4×100 m relay, and 4×400 m relay events.

She has received injuries as a result of her sports competition, including a slipped disk in her back and a ligament in her knee. She has also been involved in drugs-related controversy. In 1992 she received a two-year ban from the sport after admitting she had taken clenbuterol. In 2004, she was accused of skipping a drug test in South Africa, but she was cleared on a technicality. She has won two Olympic bronze medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay. Her first was in 1988 competing for East Germany, when she ran in the heats but not the final and the second was in 1996.[1]

Sports accomplishments

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  East Germany
1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 1st 400 m 51.24
1st 4 × 100 m relay 43.48
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.39
Olympic Games Seoul 3rd 4 × 400 m relay N/A[n 1]
1989 World Cup Barcelona, Spain 2nd 400 m 50.67
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.97
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 1st 400 m 49.50
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:21.02
Representing  Germany
1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 3rd 200 m 22.58
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.22
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 2nd 400 m 49.42
3rd 4×100 m relay 42.33
3rd 4×400 m relay 3:21.25
1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden 1st 400 m 50.89
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 3rd 4×400 m relay 3:21.14
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 3rd 4×400 m relay 3:28.39
World Championships Athens, Greece 1st 4×400 m relay 3:20.92
1998 European Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 1st 400 m 50.45
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 400 m 49.93
World Cup Johannesburg, South Africa 2nd 400 m 49.86
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:24.26
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 1st 400 m 50.80
World Championships Seville, Spain 3rd 4×400 m relay 3:22.43
2004 Summer Olympics Athens, Greece heats 4×400 m relay 3:27.75
  1. ^ She ran the heats, but not the finals

See also

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Grit Breuer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2018.

External links

World champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay
World Indoor Champions in women's 400 metres
World Indoor Champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay
European Athletics Championships champions in women's 400 metres
European Athletics Championships champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay
IAAF World / Continental Cup champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay
German champions in women's 200 metres
German champions in women's 400 metres
World best yearly performance in women's 400 metres
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