Annett Hesselbarth (born 4 June 1966 in Halle) is a retired

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sprinter who specialized in the

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. At the

1990 European Championships in Athletics The 15th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 August to 2 September 1990 in Split, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. The host stadium was Stadion Poljud. It was the last participation of East Germany (which was already scheduled to be merged ...

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she finished fourth in 400 m and won the 4x400 m relay for

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together with

Grit Breuer 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 ...

, Manuela Derr and Petra Schersing. At the

1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 3rd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo in Seville, Spain from March 8 to March 10, 1991. It was the first Indoor Championships to include relay races as well as women's triple j ...

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Hesselbarth helped win the gold medal in an indoor world record time of 3:27.22 minutes. The teammates were

Sandra Seuser Sandra Maria Seuser (born 17 April 1966 in Berlin) is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. At the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Seville Seuser helped win the gold medal in an indoor world record time of 3:27.22 mi ...

Katrin Schreiter Katrin Schreiter (born February 24, 1969, in Arnstadt) is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. At the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Seville Schreiter helped win the gold medal in an indoor world record time of 3 ...

and Grit Breuer. At the 1991 World Championships in Athletics she ran in the heats for the German team who finished third in the final.

Achievements

Note: At the 1991 World Championships, Hesselbarth ran in the 4 x400m heats, but not the final.

References

* 1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Halle (Saale) People from Bezirk Halle German female sprinters European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Indoor Championships winners 20th-century German women {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub