- Brigitte Holzapfel
Brigitte Elisabeth Holzapfel (born
10 April 1958 inKrefeld ) is a retired West Germanhigh jump er.At the 1975 European Junior Championships she won a bronze medal in the high jump and a gold medal in pentathlon. [ [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ejw.htm European Junior Championships (Women)] - GBR Athletics] She finished eleventh at the 1976 Olympic Games, won silver medals at the 1977 [ [http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1977/f77_06.html 1977 European Indoor Championships results, women's high jump final] - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite] and 1978 European Indoor Championships, [ [http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1978/f78_06.html 1978 European Indoor Championships results, women's high jump final] - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite] and the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championships, finished sixth at the 1984 European Indoor Championships [ [http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1984/f84_16.html 1984 European Indoor Championships results, women's high jump final] - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite] and eleventh at the 1984 Olympic Games. She represented the sports clubs
TSV Preußen Krefeld ,TuS 04 Leverkusen ,LG Bayer Leverkusen andTV Wattenscheid , and became West German champion in 1976 and 1978. [ [http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/100.html West German championships, women's high jump] ]Her personal best jump was 1.95 metres, achieved in August 1978 in
Köln . [ [http://hem.bredband.net/athletics/atb-d25.htm World women's all-time best high jump (last updated 2001)] ] This was the West German record.References
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