- Angela Voigt
Angela Voigt, née Schmalfeld (born
18 May 1951 ) is a retired East Germanlong jump er.She was born in
Weferlingen .Voigt was originally a pentathlete, and finished third and second at the East German championships in 1972 and 1973. [ [http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/238.html East German championships - women's pentathlon/heptathlon] ] Because of injuries she eventually concentrated on the long jump only. She finished fourth at the 1974 European Championships.
Voigt set a long jump world record of 6.92 metres at
Dresden in May 1976 but it was broken ten days later bySiegrun Siegl . At the 1976 Montreal Olympics Siegl finished fifth while Voigt won the gold with a leap of 6.72 metres.Kathy McMillan , who eventually finished second, had a longer jump which was deemed a foul.At the 1978 European Championships Voigt won a silver medal, having given birth to a son the previous year. 6.92 m remained her career best jump, and today this places her ninth on the German all-time performers list, behind
Heike Drechsler ,Helga Radtke ,Sabine Paetz ,Brigitte Wujak ,Birgit Großhennig ,Susen Tiedtke ,Siegrun Siegl andChristine Schima . [ [http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc ] ]She competed for the sports club
SC Magdeburg during her active career. She retired in 1982.References
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