Britta Bilač (née Vörös) (born 4 December 1968 in

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) is a retired

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er who competed internationally for Germany and

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from 1992 onwards. Her greatest achievement was the European Championship victory in 1994 with a personal best jump of 2.00 m. She won the 1989

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with a leap of 1.84 m. Formerly representing East Germany, she married Slovenian long jumper

Borut Bilač Borut Bilač (born 14 April 1965 in Postojna) is a retired Slovenian long jumper. Bilač won the bronze medal at the 1990 European Athletics Championships, representing Yugoslavia, and finished ninth at the Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics, ...

and thus became a Slovenian citizen in 1992.

Achievements

* Results in brackets indicate height achieved in qualifying round

References

* 1968 births Living people People from Saalfeld Slovenian female high jumpers East German female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Slovenia European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes from Thuringia Naturalized citizens of Slovenia Naturalised athletes Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Slovenia Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Slovenia Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Bezirk Gera Slovenian people of German descent {{Slovenia-athletics-bio-stub