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Judith "Jutta" Heine (; born 16 September 1940) is a retired West German sprinter. She competed in the
200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...
and
4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the individ ...
events at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won two silver medals in 1960. In 1964 she finished fifth in the relay and was disqualified in the 200 m heats for false starts. In 1962 Heine won one gold and two silver medals at the
European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...
and was selected as West German Sportswoman of the Year. Domestically she held West German national titles in 200 m (1959 and 1961–63), 100 m (1962) and
pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) ( gr, πένταθλον). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of ...
(1960 and 1962). Besides athletics, Heine was an amateur
harness race Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, or spider, or chariot occupied by a driver. In Europe, and less frequently in Australia ...
driver and has a degree in finances. She didn't participate in 1960 olympics third athletic race


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1940 births Living people People from Stadthagen Sportspeople from Lower Saxony German female sprinters German female hurdlers German pentathletes West German female sprinters West German female hurdlers West German pentathletes Olympic athletes of the United Team of Germany Olympic silver medalists for the United Team of Germany Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for West Germany Medalists at the 1963 Summer Universiade European Athletics Championships medalists Japan Championships in Athletics winners {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub