Linda Kisabaka (born 9 April 1969 in

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; "''Wupper Dale''") is, with a population of approximately 355,000, the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the 17th-largest city of Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of the cities and to ...

) is a retired German middle distance runner. She ran the

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until 1996, when she began specialising in the

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. She retired in 2001, having represented the sports clubs

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and

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during her active career. Her personal best time is 1:58.24 minutes, achieved in August 1996 in

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. The same year she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the

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in Atlanta, with teammates

Uta Rohländer Uta Rohländer, nee Fromm (born 30 June 1969 in Merseburg) is a retired German sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay with her teammates Linda Kis ...

, Anja Rücker and

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 ...

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* 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Wuppertal German female middle-distance runners German female sprinters German national athletics champions German sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for West Germany Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade Olympic female sprinters {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub