- Karin Krebs
Karin Krebs, née Burneleit (born
18 August 1943 inGumbinnen ) is a German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 and1500 metres .She won the 800 metres race at the
1968 European Indoor Games , and the same year she competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics without reaching the final. She then won the 1971 European Championships, in a new 1500 metres world record of 4:09.6 minutes. At the 1972 Summer Olympics Krebs finished fourth. Her world record had been broken in July 1972, byLyudmila Bragina with 4:06.9 minutes. [ [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/worldrecords/1500_w.asp Women's 1500m. World Record Progression] ] She won the silver medal at the 1974 European Indoor Championships.In domestic competitions, she represented the sports club
SC Dynamo Berlin . She became East German 800 metres champion in 1968. [ [http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/223.html East German championships, women's 800 metres] - Sport-Komplett] and indoor champion in 1966 and 1968. [ [http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/266.html East German indoor championships, women's 800 metres] - Sport-Komplett] In the 1500 metres she became East German indoor champion in 1971 and 1974. [ [http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/267.html East German indoor championships, women's 1500 metres] - Sport-Komplett]In 1972 she married long-distance runner Joachim Krebs. They had a daughter Nadja who became a runner as well.
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