Sabine Braun (born 19 June 1965 in

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) is a German former athlete in

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. Because she had talents in several disciplines, Sabine Braun competed in the

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and had a number of successes. Her international sport career began in August 1983 with the European Junior Championships where she won second place. In 1984 she placed sixth at the XXIII Olympic Summer Games in

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. At the XXV Olympic Summer Games in

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she won the bronze medal behind

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from the United States who won the gold and Irina Belova from

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representing the Unified Team who won the silver. She scored 6649 points; her results in the competition were 13.25 s - 1.94 m - 24.27 s - 6.02 m - 51.12 m - 2:14.35 min. At the World Championships she won gold in

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and

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and silver in

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. At the European Championships she twice won gold, in

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and then again in

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, as well as a silver medal in the 2002 competition. She was the German champion in 1989 and four-time winner at the competitions in

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and

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. At the Götzis meet in 1992 she established a German record of 6985 points, which still stands. Braun represented LAV Düsseldorf, and then in 1987 for LG

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and then for

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. When she was active she was 1.74m tall and weighed 62 kg. In the fall of 2002 she ended her athletic career as a pro.

Private life

Sabine Braun is openly lesbian and lives with retired javelin thrower

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.Lesbian love in sports ''Lesbische Liebe im Sport'' (German)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Braun, Sabine 1965 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics German heptathletes Lesbian sportswomen LGBT track and field athletes German LGBT sportspeople Olympic athletes of Germany Olympic athletes of West Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany West German heptathletes Sportspeople from Essen World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for West Germany World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade