Hildrun Laufer
Hildrun Claus (* 13. May 1939 in Dresden as Hildrun Claus ) is a former German track and field athlete who at the 1960 Olympics in Rome the bronze medal in the long jump (won 6.21 m - 6.18 - invalid - invalid - 6.13 - 6.11). She started in the joint German team for the GDR .
She was discovered as an athletics talent in Dresden by Luise Krüger, the Olympic champion in 1936 in the javelin throw . At the age of 18 she won her first GDR championship title in 1957 (5.99 m). In the eliminations for the all-German Olympic team, she jumped her first world record on August 7, 1960 with 6.40 m. She improved this on June 23, 1961 in the international match of the GDR against the RSFSR in Berlin again to 6.42 m.
In the long jump at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome , Laufer took third place and received the first German medal in this discipline. At the European Athletics Championships in 1962 she was sixth (6.25 m). At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, she took part in the long jump (seventh place, 6.24 m) and in the pentathlon (given up after the first day).
Hildrun Laufer belonged to the SC Einheit Dresden and trained with Heinz Birkemeyer (1922–1991). During her competition time she was 1.72 m tall and weighed 64 kg.
In 1962 she married the pole vaulter Peter Laufer , who also took part in the 1960 Olympic Games in pole vault. In 1995 she suffered a crushed nerve in a sports accident, which she has since forced into a wheelchair. She lives in Gielsdorf near Strausberg ( Brandenburg ) and worked as a vocational school teacher for gardening and landscape gardeners.
Web links
- Hildrun Laufer in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Despite the world record, Laufer only received the bronze medal. Tatiana Schtschelkanowa and Valentina Schaprunowa jumped further than Laufer with 6.5 m and 6.46 m. Their widths were not recognized as world records because both had an impermissibly strong tailwind. From: Neues Deutschland, 13. May 2004
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Laufer, Hildrun |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Claus, Hildrun |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete and Olympic medalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |