Heike Meissner

Heike Meißner (born January 29, 1970 in Dresden ), former German athlete and Olympic participant, who won silver over the 400 meter hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in Munich in 2002 . At the European Championships in 1994 , she won the bronze medal with the German 4 x 400 meter relay .

Heike Meißner is a trained elementary school teacher and most recently started for the LAC Erdgas Chemnitz (previous clubs: SC Einheit Dresden , Dresdner SC , SC Magdeburg ). Your trainer was Dietmar Jarosch . Her specialty was the 400 meter hurdles, but she also made a trip to the 800 meter distance , where she finished sixth at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest . She ended her career in 2003 . During her active career, she was 1.73 m tall and weighed 56 kg.

successes

year	success	discipline	power
1989	Junior European Champion	4 × 400 meters
	3rd place Junior European Championships	400 meter hurdles
1991	7th place world championships	400 meter hurdles	55.26 s
	German champion	400 meter hurdles
1992	6th place Olympic Games	4 × 400 meters
	Participation in the Olympic Games (eliminated in the preliminary stages)	400 meter hurdles	55.62 s
	German champion	400 meter hurdles
1993	5th place world championships	4 × 400 meters
	Participation in World Championships (eliminated in the semifinals)	400 meter hurdles	54.64 s
	Universiade winner	400 meter hurdles
1994	3rd place European Championships	4 × 400 meters	3: 24.10 min
1995	4th place world championships	400 meter hurdles	54.86 s
	Universiade winner	400 meter hurdles
	German champion	400 meter hurdles
1996	5th place Olympic Games	400 meter hurdles	54.03 s
1998	6th place European Championships	800 meters
2001	German champion	400 meter hurdles
2002	Vice European Champion	400 meter hurdles	55.89 s
	German champion	400 meter hurdles
2003	European Indoor Cup	800 meters	2: 05.31 min

Personal best

discipline	power	date	place
400 meters	53.19 s	September 6, 2002	Berlin
400 meters (hall)	53.19 s	February 9, 2001	Chemnitz
400 meter hurdles	54.03 s	July 31, 1996	Atlanta
800 meters	1: 59.50 min	August 12, 1998	Zurich
800 meters (hall)	1: 59.74 min	February 1, 1998	Stuttgart

Performance development

year	400 meter hurdles (in s)	800 meters (in min)
1986	59.61	2: 19.2
1987	60.99	2: 20.4
1988	-	-
1989	56.77	-
1990	56.78	-
1991	54.77	-
1992	55.09	-
1993	54.64	-
1994	54.52	-
1995	54.86	1: 59.75
1996	54.03	-
1997	-	-
1998	56.05	1: 59.50
1999	56.29	2: 00.76
2000	54.84	-
2001	55.03	-
2002	55.67	-
2003	55.00	-

Web links

• Heike Meissner in the database of World Athletics (English)