Margrit Olfert

Margrit Herbst becomes the GDR long jump champion in 1970

Margrit Olfert (born Herbst ; born February 10, 1947 in Magdeburg ) is a former German athlete .

Starting for the GDR , she was successful in the long jump and pentathlon in the 1970s . Her greatest success is third place in the pentathlon at the European Athletics Championships in 1971 . She was GDR champion in the long jump in 1970 and 1971 and in the pentathlon in 1971. In 1971 she was also long jump champion in the hall. Margrit Olfert belonged to the SC Magdeburg . During her competition time, she was 1.73 m tall and 68 kg.

Starts at international highlights

• European Athletics Championships 1971
  • Long jump: 9th place (invalid - 6.29 - invalid)
  • Pentathlon: 3rd place (5179 points: 13.6 s - 13.96 m - 1.64 m - 6.50 m - 24.2 s)
• 1972 Olympic Games
  • Long jump: 8th place (6.42 - invalid - 6.34 - 6.46 - 6.30 - invalid)
• European Athletics Championships 1974
  • Pentathlon: 7th place (4391 points: 13.57 s - 14.35 m - 1.60 m - 6.06 m - 24.87 s)

literature

• Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005. 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 (published by Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft )

Web links

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