- Birgit Großhennig
Birgit Großhennig (born
21 February 1965 inBlankenburg, Thuringia ) is a retired East German athlete.She competed in the
high jump at the European Junior Championships in 1981 and 1983, finishing fourth both times. She recorded her personal best, 1.88 metres, in 1981.She is better known for her achievements in the long jump, in which she achieved a career best of 7.00 metres in June 1984 in Berlin. This jump is the second longest by a junior athlete (under 20 years old) in history [ [http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=O/ageGroup=J/season=0/gender=W/discipline=LJ/legal=A/index.html IAAF top lists - long jump junior, women] ] and places her fifth on the German all-time performers list, behind
Heike Drechsler ,Helga Radtke ,Sabine Paetz andBrigitte Wujak . [ [http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc ] ] It also secures a place on the all-time top list for senior athletes. [ [http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=O/ageGroup=N/season=0/gender=W/discipline=LJ/legal=A/index.html IAAF top lists - long jump, women] ]She competed for the sports club
SC Magdeburg during her active career.References
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