Siegrun Siegl (néeThon; born 29 October 1954 in Apolda, Thuringia) is a retired East German athlete who specialised in the pentathlon and later long jump.
siegrun, siegl, née, thon, born, october, 1954, apolda, thuringia, retired, east, german, athlete, specialised, pentathlon, later, long, jump, medal, recordwomen, athleticsrepresenting, east, germanyolympic, games1976, montreal, pentathlonbiography, editshe, f. Siegrun Siegl nee Thon born 29 October 1954 in Apolda Thuringia is a retired East German athlete who specialised in the pentathlon and later long jump Siegrun Siegl Medal recordWomen s athleticsRepresenting East GermanyOlympic Games1976 Montreal PentathlonBiography editShe finished fourth in pentathlon at the 1974 European Championships On 19 May 1976 she broke the world record in long jump with 6 99 metres in Dresden only 10 days after her fellow East German Angela Voigt had set a new record 1 2 She only finished fourth in this event at the 1976 Montreal Olympics but won the gold medal in pentathlon After this she concentrated on the long jump only She won the 1979 European Indoor Championships and finished fifth at the 1980 Summer Olympics However 6 99 m remained her career best jump and today this places her seventh on the German all time performers list behind Heike Drechsler Helga Radtke Sabine Paetz Brigitte Wujak Birgit Grosshennig and Susen Tiedtke 3 She competed for the sports club SC Turbine Erfurt during her active career References edit Long jump mark to East German Montreal Gazette May 20 1976 p 30 The Athletics Site world record progression women s long jump Archived 8 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine Microsoft Word Ewige DLV Bestenliste doc Archived 31 October 2008 at the Wayback MachineExternal links editSiegrun Siegl at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Siegrun Siegl at Olympics comRecordsPreceded by nbsp Angela Voigt Women s Long Jump World Record Holder19 May 1976 18 August 1978 Succeeded by nbsp Vilma BardauskieneSporting positionsPreceded byUnknown Women s Long Jump Best Year Performance1976 Succeeded by nbsp Vilma Bardauskiene nbsp nbsp This article about an athletics Olympic medalist for Germany is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Siegrun Siegl amp oldid 1195108916, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
