Monika Hamann

Monika Hamann
Monika Hamann (1978)
nation	German Democratic Republic
birthday	June 8, 1954
place of birth	Waren (Müritz) ,  GDR
size	170 cm
Weight	61 kg
Career
discipline	Sprint, relay race
society	SC Neubrandenburg
status	resigned
Medal table
European championships 0 × 0 × 1 × Indoor European Championships 0 × 1 × 0 × GDR championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
European championships bronze Prague 1978 4 × 100 m  European Indoor Championships silver Katowice 1975 60 m GDR athletics championships gold Karl-Marx-Stadt 1976 100 m

Monika Hamann , b. Meyer (born June 8, 1954 in Waren an der Müritz ) is a German athlete who - starting for the GDR - won the bronze medal at the European Championships in 1978 with the 4 x 100 meter relay (44.4 s; together with Johanna Klier , Carla Bodendorf , Marlies Göhr ). She was fourth in each of these European championships in the 100-meter run and in the 200-meter run . In 1976 she became GDR champion over 100 m. It also started at the European Championships in 1971 in the 100-meter run and was eliminated in the semifinals.

In 1975 she won in 7.24 s at the European Indoor Championships in Katowice over 60 meters silver behind the British Andrea Lynch and in front of the Polish Irena Szewińska .

Monika Hamann belonged to SC Neubrandenburg . During her competition time she was 1.70 m tall and weighed 61 kg.

Top performances

• 100 meters: 11.03 s (1976 in Dresden)
• 200 meters: 22.76 s (1978 in Prague)

literature

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