Uta Rohländer, nee Fromm (born 30 June 1969 in

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) is a retired

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sprinter who specialised in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. At the

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in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay with her teammates

Linda Kisabaka Linda Kisabaka (born 9 April 1969 in Wuppertal) is a retired German middle distance runner. She ran the 400 metres until 1996, when she began specialising in the 800 metres. She retired in 2001, having represented the sports clubs Bayer 04 Leverkus ...

, 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 ...

. At the 1997 World Championships in Athens, she won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay with her teammates

Anke Feller Anke Feller (born 26 September 1971 in Göttingen) is a retired German sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres. Her personal best time is 51.82 seconds, achieved in July 1999 in Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the ...

, Rücker and Breuer. Her personal best time is 50.33 seconds, achieved in July 1998 in

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. She represented the sports club

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. She married Alexander Fromm, son of

Dieter Fromm Dieter Fromm (born 21 April 1948) is a retired East German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He held the indoor 800 m world record for over ten years. His career ended abruptly in 1976 when, in a race ahead of the 1976 Su ...

Achievements

Note: Results in parentheses indicate overall position in that round

References

* 1969 births Living people People from Merseburg German female sprinters German national athletics champions 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 World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany East German female sprinters Athletes from Saxony-Anhalt Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1995 Summer Universiade Olympic female sprinters {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub