Ulrike Sarvari (born 22 June 1964 in Heidelberg) is a retired German sprinter. Sarvari finished fifth in the

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for West Germany at the

1987 World Championships in Athletics The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987. Men's results Track 1983 , 1987 ...

and fourth in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in Seoul. She finished sixth in the 60 metre race at the

1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2nd IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest, Hungary from March 3 to March 5, 1989. There were a total number of 373 participating athletes from 62 countries. Results Men 1985 , 1987 ...

. Sarvari's greatest success came at the 1990 European Indoor Championships in Glasgow, where she won both the 60 m and the 200 m. Sarvari is the only woman to achieve this double in the history of the European Indoor Championships. 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, Sarvari was seventh in the 100 metres and won a

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in the 4 × 100 m relay for West Germany, together with Gabi Lippe, Andrea Thomas and

Silke Knoll Silke-Beate Knoll (born 21 February 1967 in Rottweil) is a former German track and field athlete and participant in the Olympic Games who had success in the 1980s and 1990s as a sprinter. Her first success was the 1986 German junior ...

Achievements

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* 1964 births Living people West German female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for West Germany Olympic female sprinters Sportspeople from Heidelberg Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for West Germany {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub