Sabine Everts

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Sabine Everts (born March 4, 1961 in Düsseldorf ) is a former German athlete who - starting for Germany - won the bronze medal in the heptathlon at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles (6363 points; individual performances: 13.54 s - 12, 49 m - 1.89 m - 24.01 s - 6.71 m - 32.62 m - 2: 09.05 min), only from Glynis Nunn (gold - 6390 pts.) And Jackie Joyner (silver - 6385 pts .) beaten. According to the points evaluation , which is valid a year later (until today) , she would have won the gold medal by one point.

Top performances

  • 100 meters - 11.5 s (1980)
  • 200 meters - 23.43 s (1982)
  • 400 meters - 52.80 s (1981)
  • 800 meters - 2: 06.17 min (1983)
  • 100 meter hurdles - 13.17 s (1982)
  • 400 meter hurdles - 55.48 s (1985)
  • High jump - 1.89 m (1982)
  • Long jump - 6.77 m (1982)
  • Shot put - 13.09 m (1988)
  • Javelin Throw - 37.62 m (1983)
  • Heptathlon 6523 points (individual performances: 13.45 s - 12.39 m - 1.89 m - 23.73 s - 6.75 m - 36.02 m - 2: 07.72 min) on 9/10. June 1982 in Mannheim.

The team performances she contributed to were in the 4 × 100 meter relay - 44.84 s; in the 4 × 400 m relay - 3: 34.06 min and in the 3 × 800 m relay - 6: 25.09 min and in the heptathlon team 17,783 points.

She was particularly successful as an all-rounder, regularly defeating her great rival Sabine Braun . After 1980 to 1983 and 1985, she won her sixth championship title in the heptathlon at the German all- around championships in 1988, when she relegated Birgit Clarius to second place. She fought further victories in the long jump in 1979, 1980 and 1982; In 1985 she became German champion in the 400 meter hurdles . In 1982 she was also the German 4 x 100 meter relay champion.

She was German indoor champion in the 60 meter hurdles (1982) as well as in the long jump (1979, 1980, 1982, 1985) and in the 4 x 200 meter relay (1982).

Other international highlights

  • 1977, Junior European Championships: sixth place in the long jump 6.17 m, 100 m hurdles, prerun: 14.12 s
  • 1979, Junior European Championships: first place in the pentathlon with junior world record: 13.46 s 100 m hurdles, 11.91 m shot put, 1.86 m high jump, 6.53 m long jump, and 2: 16.3e min over 800 m; second place in the long jump with 6.46 m (one centimeter behind 1st place)
  • 1980, European Indoor Athletics Championships: third place in the long jump 6.54 m;
  • 1982, European Athletics Indoor Championships: first place in the long jump 6.70 m;
  • 1982, European Championships : third place in the heptathlon (6418 points); Fifth place in the long jump (6.68 m; first place six, corrected after a later disqualification of the fifth)
  • 1983, World Championships : fourth place in the heptathlon (6398 points); not qualified for the final fight in the long jump
  • 1988, Olympic Games : abandoned in heptathlon

Sabine Everts started for LAV Düsseldorf , 1985 for LAV Bayer Uerdingen-Dormagen and trained with Wolfgang Vander . In her active days she was 1.69 m tall and weighed 56 kg. She is married to the athletics trainer Hans-Jörg Thomaskamp and has two sons from this marriage.

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