Angela Voigt, née Schmalfeld (18 May 1951 – 11 April 2013) was an

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er.

Biography

Voigt was born in

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, in what was then

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, on 18 May 1951. She was originally a

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, and finished third and second at the East German championships in 1972 and 1973. Because of injuries she eventually concentrated on the long jump only. She finished fourth at the 1974 European Championships. Voigt set a long jump world record of 6.92 metres at

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on 9 May 1976 but it was broken ten days later by Siegrun Siegl. At the

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Siegl finished fourth while Voigt won the gold with a leap of 6.72 metres. Kathy McMillan, who eventually finished second, had a longer jump which was deemed a foul. At the 1978 European Championships Voigt won a silver medal, having given birth to a son the previous year. 6.92 m remained her career best jump, and today this places her ninth on the German all-time performers list, behind

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, Helga Radtke,

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, Brigitte Wujak, Birgit Großhennig,

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, Siegrun Siegl and

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. She competed for the sports club

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during her active career and retired in 1982. On 11 April 2013, she died following a short, severe illness.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Voigt, Angela 1951 births 2013 deaths East German female long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of East Germany Olympic gold medalists for East Germany World record setters in athletics (track and field) European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt People from Bezirk Magdeburg