- Rosemarie Ackermann
Rosemarie Ackermann (born
April 4 1952 inLohsa ,Sachsen ) is a former East Germanhigh jump er. She was the first female high jumper ever to clear the height of 2.00 m, onAugust 26 ,1977 inBerlin .She was born as Rosemarie Witschas. Under that name, she took part for
East Germany in the1972 Summer Olympics inMunich , finishing seventh behindUlrike Meyfarth .In 1974, at the European Championships in
Rome , she won her first international title, setting a newworld record (1.95m) along the way. Later that year, she married handball player Manfred Ackermann, and assumed his surname. The peak of her career came two years later, when she won the gold medal at the1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada.She lost her European title to Italian jumper
Sara Simeoni in 1978, when they both cleared the world-record height of 2.01 m. However, Ackermann's early celebrations caused the rod to fall, leaving her with second place. Ackermann retired from athletics after the 1980 Olympics, where she placed fourth, just outside the medals.References
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/rosemarie-witschas-ackermann-1.html sports-reference]
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