Romy Müller ( Schneider; born 26 July 1958 in

Lübbenau Lübbenau (, dsb, Lubnjow ; officially Lübbenau/Spreewald, L.S. Lubnjow/Błota (meaning ''Lübbenau/Spree Forest'')) is a town in the Upper Spree Forest-Lusatia District of Brandenburg, Germany. It is located in the bilingual German/ Sorbian r ...

Bezirk Cottbus Cottbus was a district () of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The administrative seat and main town was Cottbus. History The district was established, along with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, ''de facto'' replacing the East Germa ...

) is an

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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 the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

held in

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in the 4 × 100 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates Bärbel Wöckel, 100 m bronze medalist

Ingrid Auerswald Ingrid Auerswald ( Brestrich, born 2 September 1957 in Jena, East Germany) is a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Biography Brestrich-Lange competed for East Germany in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Mosc ...

and 100 m silver medalist Marlies Göhr.

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1958 births Living people People from Lübbenau People from Bezirk Cottbus East German female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of East Germany Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic female sprinters Sportspeople from Brandenburg {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub

Biography

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