Gaby Bußmann (born 8 October 1959 in

Haltern Haltern am See (''Haltern at the lake'', before December 2001 only Haltern) is a town and a municipality in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the Lippe and the Wesel–Datteln Canal, approx. nor ...

) is a

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athlete who specialized in the 400 metres. She competed for West Germany at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

held in

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where she won the bronze medal in the women's 4 x 400 metres with her team mates

Heike Schulte-Mattler Heike Schulte-Mattler, née Schmidt (born 27 May 1958 in Oberhausen) is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She competed for West Germany in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, U.S. The United States of ...

Ute Thimm Ute Thimm, née Finger (born 10 July 1958 in Bochum) is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She competed for West Germany in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 metres where she w ...

and

Heidi-Elke Gaugel Heidi-Elke Gaugel (born 11 July 1959 in Schönaich) is a retired female German athlete who specialized in the 400 m. Biography Gaugel competed for West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, United States, where she won ...

. She became West German champion in 1978, 1978, 1982 and 1983, and won silver medals in 1984 and 1986. She represented the clubs

ASV Köln Athletik-Sport-Verein Köln e.V. is a multi-sports club from Cologne, Germany. It has sections for rugby union, athletics, triathlon and karate General history The club was formed on 27 February 1929, under the name of Akademischen Sportverein Kö ...

, LG Ahlen-Hamm and

SC Eintracht Hamm SC Eintracht Hamm was a German association football club from the town of Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club's greatest success has been its two championships in the tier three Oberliga Westfalen in 1982–83, 1984–85. This entitled the ...

. Indoors she became German champion in 1979, 1981 and 1982.

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* * 1959 births Living people People from Haltern Sportspeople from Münster (region) West German female sprinters Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany World Athletics Championships athletes for West Germany Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) ASV Köln athletes LG Ahlen-Hamm athletes SC Eintracht Hamm athletes Olympic female sprinters {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub