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Anita Weiß (née Barkusky, later married Kehl and Marg; born 16 July 1955 in East German championships, women's 400 m hurdles
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Anita Weiß (née Barkusky, later married Kehl and Marg; born 16 July 1955 in Burow
Burow is a municipality in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country i ...
) is a retired East German athlete who specialized in the 800 metres
The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...
and later also 400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.
On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...
. In the 1976 Olympics she finished fourth in the 800 metres race. As all four of the top finishers in the race broke what had been the world record prior to the 1976 Olympics, Weiß's time was the fourth fastest ever run.
She competed for the sports club SC Neubrandenburg
1. FC Neubrandenburg 04 is the German football club based in Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, playing in the 2019-20 Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (VI).
History
The earliest forerunner of 1. FC Neubrandenburg 04 was founded in 19 ...
during her active career, becoming East German champion in 1978./ref>
Achievements
References
1955 births Living people East German female middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of East Germany Sportspeople from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania {{Germany-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub