Monika Hamann ( Meyer; born 8 June 1954 in Waren) is a retired

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sprinter who specialized in the

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and 200m. She represented the sports team

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Biography

Meyer competed at the 1971 European Championships, without reaching the final, and won the silver medal in 60 m at the 1975 European Indoor Championships. At the 1978 European Championships she finished fourth in the 100 m and 200 m and won a bronze medal in the

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together with Johanna Klier, Carla Bodendorf und

Marlies Göhr Marlies Göhr (née Oelsner, born 21 March 1958 in Gera, Bezirk Gera) is a former East German track and field athlete, the winner of the 100 metres at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. She ranked in the top 10 of the 100 m world r ...

. Her personal best time was 11.03 seconds, achieved in July 1977 in

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. This result ranks her ninth among German 100 m sprinters, behind

, Marita Koch,

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Katrin Krabbe Katrin Krabbe (; later Zimmermann, born 22 November 1969) is a German former track and field athlete. She represented East Germany (GDR) at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and went on to win the 100 metres and 200 metres titles at the 1991 World Cham ...

Heike Drechsler Heike Gabriela Drechsler (; ; born 16 December 1964) is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany and later Germany. One of the most successful long jumpers of all-time, she is a former world record holder and ranks ...

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, Annegret Richter and

Romy Müller Romy Müller ( Schneider; born 26 July 1958 in Lübbenau, Bezirk Cottbus) is an East German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres and for the SC Dynamo Berlin and the Sportvereinigung Dynamo. Biography She competed for East Germany in ...

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1954 births Living people East German female sprinters European Athletics Championships medalists People from Waren (Müritz) Athletes from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania {{East Germany-athletics-bio-stub

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