Barbara Krug
Appearance
Olympic medal record | ||
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Women's athletics | ||
Representing East Germany | ||
1980 Moscow | 4 × 400 m |
Barbara Krug (born 6 May 1956, in Leipzig) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
At the 1978 European Championships she won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay, together with teammates Christiane Marquardt, Christina Lathan and Marita Koch. Krug then finished fourth at the 1979 European Indoor Championships.[1]
Krug, Lathan and Koch remained on the relay team for the 1980 Summer Olympics, with Gabriele Löwe replacing Christiane Marquardt. The team won the Olympic silver medal in 4 × 400 m relay.
Krug competed for the club SC DHfK Leipzig during her active career.
References
[edit]- ^ 1979 European Indoor Championships – women's 400 metres (Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite)
Sources
[edit]- Dictionary of Women Worldwide. 25,000 women through the ages. Three volumes. Edited by Anne Commire. Waterford, CT: Yorkin Publications, 2007.
Categories:
- 1956 births
- Living people
- East German female sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for East Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
- Athletes from Leipzig
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic female sprinters
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Leipzig
- SC DHfK Leipzig athletes
- German athletics Olympic medalist stubs