Karin Roßley, (née Regel, born 5 April 1957) is a retired
East German
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hurdler, who represented the sports team
SC Cottbus. She was born in
Cottbus.
She won the bronze medal at the
1978 European Championships.
Roßley set two
world records
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during her career: 55.63 seconds in August 1977 in
Helsinki
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and 54.28 seconds in May 1980 in
Jena
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. The latter stood for three years until
Anna Ambrazienė ran in 54.02 seconds in
Moscow
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. Karin Roßley's personal best time remained at was 54.28 seconds, a result which ranks her eighth 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,
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,
Gudrun Abt,
Silvia Rieger
Silvia Sabine Rieger (born 14 November 1970) is a retired German athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.
Her personal best time in the 400 metres is 54.22 seconds, achieved at the 1998 IAAF World Cup in Johannesburg. This places her si ...
and
Susanne Losch.
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References
1957 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Cottbus
People from Bezirk Cottbus
East German female hurdlers
World record setters in athletics (track and field)
European Athletics Championships medalists
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