- Ellen Fiedler
Ellen Fiedler, née Neumann (born
26 November 1958 inDemmin ) is a German hurdler.She won the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in
Seoul , in a career best time of 53.63 seconds. This ranks her third among German 400 m hurdlers, only behindSabine Busch andCornelia Ullrich . [ [http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf German all-time lists per 1 September 2006] - Deutschen Leichtathletik-Verband]She also won the
1981 IAAF World Cup event, [ [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/wp.htm IAAF World Cup in Athletics] - GBR Athletics] won the bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships and finished sixth at the 1986 European Championships. At the 1983 World Championships she also won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay. Although it wasGesine Walther ,Sabine Busch ,Marita Koch andDagmar Rübsam who ran in the final, Fiedler had ran in the qualifying round.Fiedler represented the sports club
SC Dynamo Berlin , and became East German champion in 1981, 1982 and 1983. [ [http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/231.html East German championships, women's 400 m hurdles] ]Fiedler is 1.76 metres tall; during her active career she weighed 66 kg.
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