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Carla Bodendorf

Carla Bodendorf in 1978

Personal information

Born

13 August 1953 (age 71)
Eilsleben, Bezirk Magdeburg, East Germany

Height

1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)

Weight

58 kg (128 lb)

Sport

Sprint running

Club

SC Magdeburg

Medal record

Representing East Germany

Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	4×100 m relay
European Championships
	1978 Prague	4×100 m relay
	1978 Prague	200 m

Carla Bodendorf (née Rietig on 13 August 1953 in Eilsleben, Bezirk Magdeburg) is a retired East German sprint runner who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics; individually she finished fourth in the 200 meters. She won two bronze medals in these events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships.^[1]^[2]

She was part of two East German 4×100 relay teams that held the world record for three years from 1976 to 1979.^[3]

After retiring from competitions, Bodendorf worked as a sports teacher, and then became a politician and project manager at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Saxony-Anhalt. She is married to Jürgen Bodendorf, a long and triple jumper and a football coach.^[2]