Andrea Bienias

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Andrea Bienias becomes DDR champion in 1984

Andrea Bienias (born November 11, 1959 in Leipzig , until 1981 Andrea Reichstein ) is a former athlete from the German Democratic Republic (GDR). In 1986 she won the European Indoor Championships in the high jump .

Life

Andrea Reichstein began her career at BSG Empor Lindenau , but switched to SC DHfK Leipzig at an early stage . In 1977 she took third place at the GDR championships with 1.87 m and reached sixth place at the European Junior Championships with 1.81 m. After a second place at the GDR championships in 1978 behind Jutta Kirst and a third place in 1979, she jumped into the medal ranks for the first time in 1980 at the GDR indoor championships, with 1.92 m she was second behind Rosemarie Ackermann . At the open-air championships, Ackermann and Reichstein each crossed 1.94 m, Ackermann won the title according to the rule of multiple attempts. At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Reichstein took sixth place with 1.91 m. In 1981 Manuela Schröder won the indoor championships ahead of Reichstein, and Reichstein won her first championship title at the outdoor championships. In the fall of 1981 she married the third-placed Gert Bienias at the 1980 GDR championships in the decathlon.

In 1982 Andrea Bienias took second place at the indoor championships for the third time in a row, this time Kerstin Dedner was ahead of her. At the European Indoor Championships in Milan in 1982 , three athletes jumped the European record height of 1.99 m, Ulrike Meyfarth from the Federal Republic of Germany won ahead of Andrea Bienias and the Hungarian Katalin Sterk . Outdoors, Bienias won the GDR championships with 1.94 m, and at the 1982 European championships , she jumped to seventh place with 1.91 m. In 1983 Bienias achieved her highest jump in the open air with 1.97 m, at the world championships in 1983 she was eliminated early in tenth with 1.84 m.

In 1984 Bienias won the GDR championships outdoors with 1.94 m, in 1985 she took third place both indoors and outdoors. In 1986 Bienias won her only indoor championship with 1.94 m. At the European Indoor Championships in Madrid, she won with 1.97 m in front of her compatriot Gabriele Günz , who crossed 1.94 m. At the GDR championships in 1986 in Jena, Bienias set her personal best with 1.97 m and won her fourth outdoor title. At the European Championships in 1986 in Stuttgart, she and her compatriot Susanne Helm took fourth place with 1.90 m, for silver and bronze 1.93 m were necessary. At the GDR indoor championships in 1987, Bienias won her last medal in second with 1.91 m, Susanne Beyer (helmet), who had recently replaced Andrea Bienias as the GDR indoor record holder, won.

Andrea Bienias was 1.80 m tall and had a competition weight of 68 kg. In the documents on state doping in the GDR that became public after the reunification , the name of Bienias was also found among the doped athletes.

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

Commons : Andrea Bienias  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brigitte Berendonk : Doping. From research to fraud . Reinbek 1992, ISBN 3-499-18677-2 , p. 181
personal data
SURNAME Bienias, Andrea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reichstein, Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig