Alina Astafei

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Alina Astafei

Alina Astafei-Kreißig (until 1995 Galina Astafei ; born June 7, 1969 in Bucharest ) is a former high jumper who started first for Romania and then for Germany .

Career

As a junior in 1988, Astafei was promoted to the rank of two-meter jumpers; In 1995 she achieved her best outdoor performance of 2.01 m twice: in Wörrstadt on May 27th and on July 3rd in Paris. Astafei's best indoor performance is 2.04 m. Her greatest success at the Olympic Games is the silver medal in Barcelona in 1992 , where she jumped 2.00 m.

She left her native country for political and private reasons. On January 9, 1995 she received the approval to change associations from the Romanian Athletics Federation. She has had German citizenship since March 1, 1995 . A good week later she became indoor world champion in Barcelona with a jump of 2.01 m. At the Open Air World Championships, which were organized in Gothenburg that same year, she won silver with 1.99 m. In 1995 (1.98 m) and 1996 (1.94 m), Astafei became German champion for the first time. She was able to win this title again in 1998 (1.88 m) and 2001 (1.84 m). Alina Astafei started in Germany for USC Mainz (1995-97) and MTG Mannheim (from 1998; coach: Dan Vlădescu ). She is 1.81 m tall and weighed 62 kg at competition times.

Private

Astafei has a child from his first marriage to the Romanian national volleyball player Alin Stavariu and is married to the judge and former high jumper Wolfgang Kreißig , with whom she has three other children. She lives in Stuttgart . Astafei's father is the former Romanian record holder in pole vault, Petre Astafei . Her brother Petre was a rugby player with Rapid Metrorex Bucharest and was shot dead during the Romanian Revolution in December 1989 at the age of 22 .

Sporting successes

  • 1986, Junior World Championships: 2nd place (1.90 m)
  • 1987, Junior European Championships: 1st place (1.88 m)
  • 1988, Olympic Games : 5th place (1.93 m); Junior World Championships: 1st place (2.00 m)
  • 1989, European Indoor Championships: 1st place (1.96 m), World Cup final: 3rd place (1.94 m); European Cup final: 1st place (2.00 m)
  • 1990, European Indoor Championships: 3rd place (1.94 m)
  • 1992, Olympic Games : 2nd place (2.00 m); World Cup Final: 2nd place (1.91 m)
  • 1993, World Championships : 4th place (1.94 m); European Cup final: 1st place (2.00 m)
  • 1995, World Championships : 2nd place (1.99 m); Indoor World Championships: 1st place (2.01 m); European Cup final: 1st place (2.00 m)
  • 1996, Olympic Games : 5th place (1.96 m); European Cup Final: 1st place (1.98 m) European Indoor Championships 1st place (1.97 m)
  • 1997, World Championships : 4th place (1.95 m)
  • 1998, European Championships : 3rd place (1.95 m); World Cup final: 6th place (1.90 m); European Cup final: 2nd place (1.95 m)
  • 2001, European Cup final: 1st place (1.89 m)

literature

  • Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on German Athletics Promotion and Project Society.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b What are Alina Astafei and Wolfgang Kreißig doing? , dlv-sport-de, 5/2007.
  2. The German athletics champions since 1995 (PDF)