Gudrun Maria Abt (born 3 August 1962) is a retired

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hurdler. She was born in Riedlingen.

Biography

At the

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she finished sixth in 400 m hurdles in a personal best time of 54.04 seconds. This ranks her fifth among German 400 m hurdlers, behind

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 ...

Cornelia Ullrich Cornelia Ullrich, née Feuerbach (born 26 April 1963 in Halberstadt) is a retired East German hurdler. She represented the sports team SC Magdeburg. Biography She won the bronze medals at the 1986 European Championships and the 1987 World C ...

, Ellen Fiedler and

Heike Meißner Brigitte Heike Meissner (german: Meißner, born 29 January 1970 in Dresden) is a retired German athlete. She competed mainly in the 400 metres hurdles, but also spent two seasons specializing in the 800 metres. Notable achievements include a silve ...

. At the 1988 Olympics she also finished fourth in

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for

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together with

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 ...

Helga Arendt Helga Arendt (24 April 1964 – 11 March 2013) was a West German sprinter who competed mainly in the 400 metres. Biography Arendt was born in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1987 she finished fourth at the 1987 European Indoor Cha ...

and Andrea Thomas. She had previously finished fifth at the 1987 World Championships with Ute Thimm, Helga Arendt and

Gisela Kinzel Gisela Kinzel, née Gottwald (born 17 May 1961 in Kirchhellen) is a retired athlete who represented West Germany. She specialized in 400 metres, and competed for the clubs VfL Gladbeck and SC Eintracht Hamm. Competition Results Her biggest succes ...

. 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 ...

in Split she finished fourth in

400 m 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 ar ...

. Abt represented the sports club TSV Genkingen, and became West German champion in 1986, 1987 and 1988.West German championships, women's 400 m hurdles
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International competitions

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* 1962 births Living people People from Riedlingen Sportspeople from Tübingen (region) West German female hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of West Germany World Athletics Championships athletes for West Germany World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany {{Germany-hurdles-bio-stub