Edith Oker
Edith Oker 
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| Full name | Edith Erna Oker | |||||||||
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 Germany
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| birthday | February 1, 1961 | |||||||||
| place of birth | Stuttgart | |||||||||
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Stuttgarter Kickers VfB Stuttgart LG Bayer Leverkusen |
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| status | resigned | |||||||||
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Edith Erna Oker (* 1. February 1961 in Stuttgart ) is a former German track and field athlete who - starting for the Federal Republic of Germany - at the 1984 Olympics with the 4-100-meter relay times occupied the Federal Republic of fifth place.
Oker was considered one of the greatest young talents in West German athletics in the long jump and hurdles. Her long-term (federal) German youth record, which she achieved in the 100-meter hurdles at the age of 17 , was 13.41 seconds. At the age of 18, Oker had already jumped 6.46 m and was one of the best young athletes in the world in both disciplines. Achilles tendon problems forced the Swabian woman to give up the long jump and concentrate on the 100 meter hurdles.
Oker achieved her first international successes at the European Junior Championships in 1979. She won two bronze medals in the 100-meter hurdles and in the 4-by-100-meter relay.
At the European Indoor Championships in 1983 as sixth and 1984 as fourth, the hurdle specialist stood in the finals over 60 meter hurdles. In 1984 she also made it into the final over 60 meters and finished sixth among the best European sprinters.
At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , Edith Oker started over 100 meter hurdles (intermediate fifth) and finished in the 4 x 100 meter relay alongside her colleagues Michaela Schabinger , Heidi-Elke Gaugel and Ute Thimm in 43.57 seconds fifth rank.
Oker, who competed for the Stuttgarter Kickers , VfB Stuttgart and most recently LG Bayer Leverkusen , won five national championship titles:
- Halle: 1984 sprint, 1984 hurdles, 1987 hurdles, 1989 long jump
- Open air: 1986 hurdles
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
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| SURNAME | Oker, Edith |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oker, Edith-Erna (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |