Regina Höfer (''née'' Pippig; born 18 October 1947, in ) is a retired East German athlete who specialized in the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at ...

and 100 metres hurdles.

Biography

Höfer competed in 80 metres hurdles competition at the 1966 European Championships finishing 8th in the second semi-final. Höfer finished third behind Pat Jones in the 80 metres hurdles event at the British 1967 WAAA Championships. In 1968 she joined the sports club SC DHfK Leipzig, and trained under coach Karl-Heinz Balzer and with fellow athletes like Karin Balzer and Christina Heinich. The followng year she won a gold medal in

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the indiv ...

at the 1969 European Championships, together with teammates Bärbel Podeswa, Renate Meißner and Petra Vogt. In addition she placed sixth in both the 100 metres and 100 metres hurdles.

References

1947 births Living people East German female sprinters East German female hurdlers Athletes from Leipzig SC DHfK Leipzig athletes European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes from Bezirk Leipzig {{East Germany-athletics-bio-stub