Karin Roßley, ( Regel, born 5 April 1957) is a retired

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, who represented the sports team SC Cottbus. She was born in

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. She won the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championships. Roßley set two

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during her career: 55.63 seconds in August 1977 in

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and 54.28 seconds in May 1980 in

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. The latter stood for three years until Anna Ambrazienė ran in 54.02 seconds in

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. Karin Roßley's personal best time remained at was 54.28 seconds, a result which ranks her eighth among German 400 m hurdlers, behind

Sabine Busch Sabine Busch (later Ascui; born 21 November 1962, in Erfurt) is a retired East German athlete, who specialised in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles. In 1987, she became the World Champion at 400 m hurdles and the World In ...

, Cornelia Ullrich, Ellen Fiedler,

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Gudrun Abt Gudrun Maria Abt (born 3 August 1962) is a retired German hurdler. She was born in Riedlingen. Biography At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul she finished sixth in 400 m hurdles in a personal best time of 54.04 seconds. This ranks her fifth among ...

Silvia Rieger Silvia Sabine Rieger (born 14 November 1970) is a retired German athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. Her personal best time in the 400 metres is 54.22 seconds, achieved at the 1998 IAAF World Cup in Johannesburg. This places her s ...

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1957 births Living people Sportspeople from Cottbus Sportspeople from Bezirk Cottbus East German female hurdlers World record setters in athletics (track and field) European Athletics Championships medalists East German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-hurdles-bio-stub