Bärbel Broschat ( Klepp, born 2 November 1957 in

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) is a retired

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400 metres hurdler.

Biography

In 1980, a special edition of the

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was staged in

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, holding events not yet on the Olympic programme. Broschat won the 400 m hurdles ahead of compatriots

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and

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. Her winning time of 54.55 seconds was a career best time. This ranks her tenth among German 400 m hurdlers, behind

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, Cornelia Ullrich, Ellen Fiedler,

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, Susanne Losch, Karin Roßley and Petra Krug. Broschat represented the sports club

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, and became East German champion in 1979.East German championships, women's 400 m hurdles
/ref> Broschat is 1.73 metres tall; during her active career she weighed 62 kg.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Broschat, Barbel 1957 births Living people East German female hurdlers Athletes from Magdeburg World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners SC Magdeburg athletes Athletes from Bezirk Magdeburg East German Athletics Championships winners