Ulrike Leyckes ( Urbansky; 6 April 1977 in
Jena) is a German former athlete who specialized in the
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.
On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...
. She competed in the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004, each time reaching the semi-final. Her personal best time is 54.57 seconds, achieved in July 2000 in
Barcelona. She retired from competitive sport in 2009.
She married decathlete
Dennis Leyckes in September 2008.
Achievements
References
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1977 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Jena
People from Bezirk Gera
German female hurdlers
Olympic athletes for Germany
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
German national athletics champions
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Germany
Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade
20th-century German women
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