Regina Höfer (''née'' Pippig; born 18 October 1947, in

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...

) is a retired East German athlete who specialized in the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

and

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first h ...

. She competed in 80 metres hurdles at the 1966 European Championships without reaching the final. In 1968 she joined the sports club

SC DHfK Leipzig SC DHfK Leipzig e. V. ''(Sportclub Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur Leipzig e. V.)'' is a sports club in Leipzig, Germany. Until the closure of the sports university DHfK, the club was part of the DHfK. Established was the club in 1954 as ...

, and trained under coach Karl-Heinz Balzer and with fellow athletes like

Karin Balzer Karin Balzer (''née'' Richert; 5 June 1938 – 17 December 2019) was an East German hurdler who competed in the 80 m hurdles event at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics, and in the 100 m hurdles in 1972. She won a gold medal in 1964 and a bronze ...

and Christina Heinich. She won a gold medal in 4x100 metres relay at the 1969 European Championships, together with teammates

Bärbel Podeswa Bärbel Podeswa (''née'' Weidlich; born 8 December 1946 in Naumburg) is a retired East German hurdler. She won the silver medal in 50 m hurdles at the 1968 European Indoor Games, behind Karin Balzer. At the 1969 European Championships she won ...

, Renate Meißner and

Petra Vogt Petra Kandarr ( née Vogt; 20 August 1950 in Halle – 12 March 2017 in Karlsruhe) was an East German sprinter who specialized in the 100- and 200-metre track events. Biography At the 1969 European Championships she won gold medals in ...

. In addition she placed sixth in both the 100 metres and 100 metres hurdles.

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1947 births Living people East German female sprinters East German female hurdlers Athletes from Leipzig SC DHfK Leipzig athletes European Athletics Championships medalists People from Bezirk Leipzig {{East Germany-athletics-bio-stub