Heike Drechsler
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Women's Athletics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | Long Jump | |
| Gold | 2000 Sydney | Long Jump | |
| Silver | 1988 Seoul | Long Jump | |
| Bronze | 1988 Seoul | 100 m | |
| Bronze | 1988 Seoul | 200 metres | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1983 Helsinki | Long jump | |
| Bronze | 1987 Rome | Long jump | |
| Silver | 1991 Tokyo | Long jump | |
| Gold | 1993 Stuttgart | Long jump | |
| Silver | 1987 Rome | 100 m | |
| European Championships | |||
| Gold | 1986 Stuttgart | 200 m | |
| Gold | 1986 Stuttgart | Long jump | |
| Gold | 1990 Split | Long jump | |
| Gold | 1994 Helsinki | Long jump | |
| Gold | 1998 Budapest | Long jump | |
Heike Gabriela Drechsler nèe Daute (born December 16, 1964 in Gera, then East Germany) is a German track and field athlete. She is one of the most successful female long jumpers of all time and also had several successes in sprint disciplines.
She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump (1992 and 2000). She also won two World Championships in the long jump (1983 and 1993), as well as gold medals in the long jump and the 200 m sprint in the World Indoor Championships 1987. In addition, she had numerous successes in European and German championships.
In 1986, Drechsler twice equalled Marita Koch's 200 m sprint world record and set two long jump world records and equalled one in 1985 and 1986. As of 2000, she had more than 400 long jump competitions with results over 7 meters, more than any other female athlete.
As teenager she was active in the Free German Youth (FDJ) and in 1984 she was elected to the Volkskammer of the GDR.
Several German websites (including her own) claim that Heike Drechsler was voted "Athlete of the Century" in 1999 by the IAAF. This is not quite correct: she was put on the "shortlist" [1] but the award was given to Fanny Blankers-Koen [2].
[edit] External links
- Home page of Heike Drechsler (German)
- IAAF profile for Heike Drechsler
| Preceded by Mary Decker Slaney |
United Press International Athlete of the Year 1986 |
Succeeded by Steffi Graf |
| Olympic champions in women's long jump |
|---|
| 1948: Olga Gyarmati | 1952: Yvette Williams | 1956: Elżbieta Krzesińska | 1960: Vera Krepkina | 1964: Mary Rand | 1968: Viorica Viscopoleanu | 1972: Heide Rosendahl | 1976: Angela Voigt | 1980: Tatyana Kolpakova | 1984: Anişoara Cuşmir-Stanciu | 1988: Jackie Joyner-Kersee | 1992: Heike Drechsler | 1996: Chioma Ajunwa | 2000: Heike Drechsler | 2004: Tatyana Lebedeva |
Categories: German athletes | Long jumpers | Sprinters | Olympic competitors for East Germany | Olympic competitors for Germany | Athletes at the 1988 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1992 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1996 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Olympic silver medalists for East Germany | Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany | Olympic gold medalists for Germany | Dancing on Ice | 1964 births | Living people
