Angelika Zauber (née Kuhse; born 5 November 1958) is a German former

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

who competed for

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

and

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

. She was the 3000 m gold medallist at the

1981 IAAF World Cup The 3rd IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on September 4–6, 1981, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy. Overall results M ...

and the 1981 European Cup. She was a two-time national champion over 1500 m and set a best of 3:59.90 minutes at the competition.

Career

Her first international title came at the

1975 European Athletics Junior Championships The 1975 European Athletics Junior Championships was the third edition of the biennial athletics competition for European athletes aged under twenty. It was held in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai ( ...

, where she defeated Loa Olafsson and future Olympic champion

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to win the 1500 m gold medal. She married fellow East German runner Lutz Zauber and began competing under her married name. The couple later had a child in 1987, Falko Zauber, who himself competed in distance running for Germany. Zauber's career peak was the 1981 track and field season. She began by winning her first national title at the

East German Indoor Athletics Championships The East German Indoor Athletics Championships (german: DDR Leichtathletik-Hallenmeisterschaften) was an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the East German Athletics Association (german: Deutscher Verband für Leichtathletik de ...

in the 1500 m. She extended her success outdoors with a win at the

East German Athletics Championships The East German Athletics Championships (german: DDR Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften) was an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the East German Athletics Federation, which served as the East German national championships for th ...

where she became the first and only woman ever to run under four minutes for the 1500 m at that competition. This was a lifetime best mark for the athlete and she placed seventh on the global rankings for that year. She also placed second in the 3000 m behind Ulrike Bruns. She was selected to run the 3000 m for East Germany at the 1981 European Cup and she delivered her first senior international win in a championship record time of 8:49.61 minutes. The East German women won all but four of their events and were the clear winner of the team title. She was chosen to represent her nation again over that distance at the

and she topped the podium, nearly a second clear of future Olympic champion

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and world record holder

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. Zauber did not appear at any major championships after that year and her last result of note came in 1985, at the age of 26, when she was runner-up nationally in the 3000 m for a second time (this time behind Ines Bibernell).1985 East German Championships 3000 metres Women
ARRS. Retrieved on 2015-12-07.

National titles

**1500 m: 1981East German Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-12-07. *

**1500 m: 1981East German Indoor Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-12-07.

International competitions

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zauber, Angelika Living people 1958 births East German female middle-distance runners German female middle-distance runners East German Athletics Championships winners