Barbara jug
Barbara Krug (born May 6, 1956 in Leipzig ) is a German athlete and Olympic medalist who - starting for the GDR - was one of the world's best 400-meter runners from the late 1970s to 1980 .
Her greatest success is the silver medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow with the GDR's 4 x 400 meter relay (3: 20.35 min, together with Gabriele Löwe , Marita Koch and Christina Lathan ).
1978 became European champion with the 4 x 400 meter relay of the GDR (3: 21.2 min, together Christiane Marquardt , Marita Koch and Christina Brehmer ). In 1979 she won both the world and the European Cup with the 4 x 400 meter relay.
Krug started for the SC DHfK Leipzig and trained with Rainer Dartsch . In her active days she was 1.76 m tall and weighed 60 kg. She studied law. In 1980 she was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , August 22, 1980, p. 3
1969: Stirling , Lowe , Simpson , Board GBR | 1971: Kühne , Lohse , Seidler , Zehrt GDR | 1974: Rohde , Dietsch , Handt , Streidt GDR | 1978: Marquardt , Krug , Brehmer , Koch GDR | 1982: Emmelmann , Busch , Rübsam , Koch GDR | 1986: Emmelmann , Busch , Müller , Koch GDR | 1990: Derr , Hesselbarth , Schersing , Breuer GDR | 1994: Landre , Dorsile , Élien , Pérec FRA | 1998: Feller , Rohländer , Rieger , Breuer GER | 2002: Ekpo-Umoh , Rockmeier , Marx , Breuer GER | 2006: Pospelowa , Iwanowa , Saizewa , Weschkurowa RUS | 2010: Kohlmann , Cremer , Lindenberg , Hoffmann GER | 2012: Olischewska , Semljak , Pyhyda , Lohwynenko UKR | 2014: Gayot , Hurtis , Raharolahy , Gueï FRA | 2016: Diamond , Onuora , Doyle , Bundy-Davies GBR | 2018: Hołub-Kowalik , Baumgart-Witan , Wyciszkiewicz , Święty-Ersetic POL
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| SURNAME | Pitcher, Barbara |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete and Olympic medalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig , German Democratic Republic |