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German sprinter
Anja Rücker (born 20 December 1972) is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
Rücker was born in Bad Lobenstein, Bezirk Gera. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Uta Rohländer, Linda Kisabaka and Grit Breuer. Her personal best time is 49.74 seconds, achieved at the 1999 World Championships in Seville.
| Year |
Competition |
Venue |
Position |
Event |
Notes
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Representing  East Germany
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| 1989
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European Junior Championships
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Varaždin, Yugoslavia
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1st
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4 × 400 m relay
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3:33.38
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| 1990
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World Junior Championships
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Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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8th
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400m
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54.16
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| 4th
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4 × 400 m relay
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3:32.37
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Representing  Germany
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| 1991
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European Junior Championships
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Thessaloniki, Greece
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2nd
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400 m
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52.73
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| 1st
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4 × 400 m relay
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3:35.24
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| 1992
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Olympic Games
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Barcelona, Spain
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6th
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4 × 400 m relay
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3:26.37
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| World Cup
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Havana, Cuba
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6th
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400 m
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53.81
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| 1993
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World Championships
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Stuttgart, Germany
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5th
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4 × 400 m relay
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3:25.49
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| 1994
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European Championships
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Helsinki, Finland
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5th
|
400m
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51.85
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| 3rd
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4 × 400 m relay
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3:24.10
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| World Cup
|
London, England
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8th
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400 m
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54.21
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| 1996
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Olympic Games
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Atlanta, United States
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3rd
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4 × 400 m relay
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3:21.14
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| 1997
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World Indoor Championships
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Paris, France
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3rd
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4 × 400 m relay[1]
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3:28.39
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| World Championships
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Athens, Greece
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1st
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4 × 400 m relay
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3:20.92
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| 1999
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World Indoor Championships
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Maebashi, Japan
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4th
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4 × 400 m relay[2]
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3:29.06
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| World Championships
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Seville, Spain
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2nd
|
400 m
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49.74
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| 3rd
|
4 × 400 m relay
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3:22.43
|
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- 1983: Kerstin Walther, Sabine Busch, Marita Koch, Dagmar Rübsam, Undine Bremer, Ellen Fiedler (GDR)
- 1987: Dagmar Neubauer, Kirsten Emmelmann, Petra Müller, Sabine Busch, Cornelia Ullrich (GDR)
- 1991:
 Tatyana Ledovskaya, Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova, Olga Nazarova, Olha Bryzhina, Anna Chuprina (URS)
- 1993:
 Gwen Torrence, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Natasha Kaiser, Jearl Miles, Terri Dendy, Michelle Collins (USA)
- 1995: Kim Graham, Rochelle Stevens, Camara Jones, Jearl Miles, Nicole Green (USA)
- 1997: Anke Feller, Uta Rohländer, Anja Rücker, Grit Breuer (GER)
- 1999:
 Tatyana Chebykina, Svetlana Goncharenko, Olga Kotlyarova, Natalya Nazarova, Natalya Sharova, Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS)
- 2001:
 Sandie Richards, Catherine Scott-Pomales, Debbie-Ann Parris, Lorraine Fenton, Michelle Burgher, Deon Hemmings (JAM)
- 2003: Demetria Washington, Jearl Miles Clark, Me'Lisa Barber, Sanya Richards, DeeDee Trotter (USA)
- 2005: Yuliya Pechonkina, Olesya Krasnomovets, Natalya Antyukh, Svetlana Pospelova, Tatyana Firova, Olesya Zykina (RUS)
- 2007: DeeDee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Mary Wineberg, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan, Natasha Hastings (USA)
- 2009: Debbie Dunn, Allyson Felix, Lashinda Demus, Sanya Richards, Natasha Hastings, Jessica Beard (USA)
- 2011: Sanya Richards-Ross, Allyson Felix, Jessica Beard, Francena McCorory, Natasha Hastings, Keshia Baker (USA)
- 2013: Jessica Beard, Natasha Hastings, Ashley Spencer, Francena McCorory, Joanna Atkins (USA)
- 2015: Christine Day, Shericka Jackson, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Novlene Williams-Mills, Anastasia Le-Roy, Chrisann Gordon (JAM)
- 2017: Quanera Hayes, Allyson Felix, Shakima Wimbley, Phyllis Francis, Kendall Ellis, Natasha Hastings (USA)
- 2019: Phyllis Francis, Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad, Wadeline Jonathas, Jessica Beard, Allyson Felix, Kendall Ellis, Courtney Okolo (USA)
- 2022: Talitha Diggs, Abby Steiner, Britton Wilson, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Kaylin Whitney, Allyson Felix, Jaide Stepter Baynes (USA)
- 2023:
 Eveline Saalberg, Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters, Femke Bol, Lisanne de Witte (NED)
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