Christina Sussiek

Christina Sussiek (born March 4, 1960 in Werther (Westphalia) ) is a former German athlete and Olympian who - starting for the Federal Republic - was a successful sprinter and long jumper in the 1980s .

At the European Indoor Championships she was third in the 200 meter run (23.61 s) in 1983 and fifth in the long jump in 1981 (invalid - invalid - 6.57 - 6.60 - invalid - invalid). Without reaching the final, she also started at the 1984 Olympic Games ( 4 x 400 meter relay ), the 1983 World Championships (long jump) and the 1988 European Indoor Championships ( 400 meter run ). In 1980 she had to admit defeat by the victorious Annegret Richter wafer thin at the German championships both in the 100-meter final and in the 200-meter final, despite great fighting . In 1983 she won the championship title over 200 meters and in the long jump.

On 30 January 1981, she was in Dortmund in a world record involved the national team, the Federal Republic in the 4 x 400-meter race (3: 34.38 min: Heidi Elke Gaugel , Christina Sussiek, Christiane Brinkmann , Gaby Bußmann ).

Christina Sussiek belonged to the sports club LG Bayer Leverkusen . With a height of 1.72 m, she had a competition weight of 58 kg.

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