Katrin Dörre-Heinig
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Katrin Dörre-Heinig (German: [kaˈtʁiːn ˈdœʁə ˈhaɪnɪç]; née Dörre, born 6 October 1961) is a former athlete from Germany, who competed mainly in the marathon. She won extensively on the road running circuit, having taken titles at races including the Tokyo Marathon, Berlin Marathon and the London Marathon; she won three times consecutively in London from 1992 to 1994.
Heinig was born in Leipzig, Bezirk Leipzig, and competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where she won the bronze medal in the classic race over 42.195 km. Dörre is a triple winner of the Osaka Ladies Marathon and has a record of 35 sub 2:34 times, with a personal best of 2:24:35 (1999, course record of the Hamburg Marathon). She was the bronze medallist in the marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics and returned at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, but managed only sixth place on her second attempt. She just missed out on the podium with a fourth-place finish in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Since 1992 she has been married to her trainer Wolfgang Heinig. Her daughter, Katharina Heinig, has followed in her footsteps and she won the Köln Marathon in her debut over the marathon distance.[1]
Over the course of her career she particaped in 45 marathons and won 24. She planned to run the Chicago marathon in 1985, but did not run there, to avoid a faceoff with Joan Benoit, Rosa Mota and Ingrid Kristiansen. Up to this point, she won 7 marathons in a row and went on to win 3 more.[2][3]
In 2012, she started a coaching career. As of 2021[update] she is the German national coach for marathon running.[4][5]
Achievements
[edit]- All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
References
[edit]- ^ Like mother, like daughter, as Heinig wins in Koln. European Athletics (4 October 2010). Retrieved on 2010-10-04.
- ^ "untitled". www.arrs.run. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ^ "ARRS - Runner: Katrin Dörre Heinig". more.arrs.run. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ^ "Die Meistermacher: Marathon-Bundestrainerin Katrin Dörre-Heinig im Blitz-Interview". leichtathletik.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "DLV-Bundestrainer und DLV-Disziplintrainer". leichtathletik.de (in German). Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- Katrin Dörre-Heinig at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Katrin Dörre-Heinig". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Leipzig
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Leipzig
- German female long-distance runners
- East German female marathon runners
- Olympic athletes for East Germany
- Olympic athletes for Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Frankfurt Marathon female winners
- London Marathon female winners
- Tokyo Marathon female winners
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- East German Athletics Championships winners