Heidi Schüller (born 15 June 1950 in

Passau Passau (; ) is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the ("City of Three Rivers"), as the river Danube is joined by the Inn (river), Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north. Passau's population is about 50,000, of whom ...

, Lower Bavaria) is a

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- German

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er who competed in the early 1970s. She took the Athlete's Oath at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

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, the first for a woman in the

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...

. Schüller finished fifth in the women's long jump at those same games. As of 2008, she lives in

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References

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IOC 1972 Summer Olympics
*Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Track and Field, Women: Long Jump". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Book. p/ 143. 1950 births Living people Sportspeople from Passau Athletes from Bavaria Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics German female long jumpers Olympic athletes for West Germany Oath takers at the Olympic Games FISU World University Games bronze medalists for West Germany Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) West German Athletics Championships winners 20th-century German sportswomen {{Germany-longjump-bio-stub