Hildrun Laufer-Claus ( Claus; born 13 May 1939) is a former

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athlete. She competed in the long jump at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and finished in third and seventh place, respectively. Claus was born in Dresden, but later moved to East Berlin. She won East German championships in the long jump in 1957–1962 and 1964, and set three

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(6.36 m and 6.40 m in 1960 and 6.42 m in 1961). She married

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, a German Olympic pole vaulter, and at the 1964 Games competed as Hildrun Laufer-Claus. She has a degree of a

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. In 1995 she was paralyzed as a result of a sports-related accident.

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1939 births Living people East German female long jumpers Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the United Team of Germany Athletes from Dresden Dresdner SC athletes Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub