Astrid Retzke
Astrid Retzke 
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 Germany
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| birthday | July 13, 1973 | ||||||||||||
| place of birth |
Wolfen , GDR
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| size | 178 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg | ||||||||||||
| job | Sports therapist | ||||||||||||
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| discipline | Heptathlon | ||||||||||||
| Best performance | 6379 points (2000) | ||||||||||||
| society |
SV Halle Hallesche LF |
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| Trainer | Wolfgang Kühne | ||||||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||||||
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Astrid Retzke (born July 13, 1973 in Wolfen ) is a former German heptathlete .
Athletic career
Astrid Retzke won the bronze medal in the heptathlon both times at the German championships in 1996 and 1998 . In the German Olympic qualification in Ratingen , despite several previous injuries, she was able to qualify as the winner for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney . In the Sydney heptathlon , however, she only completed two disciplines and did not finish the competition.
Retzke is a qualified sports therapist and worked as a staff sergeant in the medical service of the Bundeswehr.
Web links
- Astrid Retzke in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Astrid Retzke in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Retzke's painful path to fame. Die Welt , July 25, 2000, accessed April 10, 2020 .
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| SURNAME | Retzke, Astrid |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German heptathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolfen |