Cathleen Tschirch

Cathleen Tschirch (born 23 July 1979 in Dresden) is a German sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/4/203094.shtml Athlete biography: Cathleen Tschirch] , beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 30, 2008] Her personal best time on the individual distance is 22.97 seconds, achieved in August 2007 in Bochum. She has 11.42 seconds in the 100 metres.

At the 2007 World Championships she finished seventh in the 4x100 metres relay, together with teammates Katja Wakan, Johanna Kedzierski and Verena Sailer.

Tschirch represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Anne Möllinger, Verena Sailer and Marion Wagner. In their first round heat they placed third behind Jamaica and Russia and in front of China. Their time of 43.59 seconds was the eighth time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result they qualified for the final in which they sprinted to a time of 43.28 seconds, which was the fifth place.

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