Dagmar Neubauer ( Rübsam; born 3 June 1962 in

Suhl Suhl () is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located SW of Erfurt, NE of Würzburg and N of Nuremberg. With its 37,000 inhabitants, it is the smallest of the six urban districts within Thuringia. Together with its northern neighbour-town Zella- ...

) is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. At the 1982 European Championships she finished sixth in the 400 metres, but won a gold medal in the

4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, th ...

together with teammates

Kirsten Siemon Kirsten Emmelmann ( Siemon; born 19 April 1961 in Warnemünde, Bezirk Rostock) is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany in the 1980s in the 400 metres, 400 meter sprint. Her biggest success came as a memb ...

Sabine Busch Sabine Busch (later Ascui; born 21 November 1962, in Erfurt) is a retired East German athlete, who specialised in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles. In 1987, she became the World Champion at 400 m hurdles and the World ...

and

Marita Koch Marita Koch (later Meier-Koch; born 18 February 1957) is a German former sprint track and field athlete. During her career she collected 16 world records in outdoor sprints as well as 14 world records in indoor events. Her record of 47.60 in th ...

. At the 1983 World Championships she finished seventh in the individual event and won another gold medal in the relay, with teammates

Kerstin Walther Kerstin Walther (born 15 April 1961 in Altenburg, Thuringia) is a retired East Germany, East German sprinter. She won both the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay at the 1979 European Athletics Junior Championships. At the 19 ...

, Sabine Busch and Marita Koch. East Germany boycotted the 1984 Olympics. At the 1987 World Championships Neubauer did not reach the final in the individual event, but instead won another gold medal in the relay, with teammates Emmelmann, Petra Schersing and Busch. At the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

she won another relay medal, this time a bronze medal alongside her teammates Emmelmann, Busch and Schersing. Neubauer twice broke the

world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ...

in the women's 4 × 400 m relay during the 1980s. In September 1982 she clocked 3:19.04 minutes alongside Emmelmann, Busch and Koch. Two years later, in June 1984 in

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...

, her team ran in 3:15.92 minutes. Her personal best time was 49.58 seconds, achieved in June 1984 in

. This places her sixth on the German all-time list, behind

Petra Müller Petra Schersing (née Müller, born 18 October 1965 in Quedlinburg) is a retired East German sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. She represented sports club SC Chemie Halle and was coached by Harold Werner. At the 1988 Olympic Games i ...

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 ...

and

Bärbel Wöckel Bärbel Wöckel ( Eckert; born 21 March 1955 in Leipzig) is a retired East German sprinter. She never ran a world record in the individual disciplines. However, she ran several world records as part of relay teams with Doris Maletzki ...

.Top 10 lists in German athletics
– Deutschen Leichtathletik-Verband Neubauer represented the sports club SC Turbine Erfurt and was coached by Eberhard König.

References

* 1962 births Living people People from Suhl People from Bezirk Suhl East German female sprinters Sportspeople from Thuringia Olympic athletes of East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for East Germany Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold World Athletics Championships winners Olympic female sprinters {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub