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(Redirected from Bettine Gärtz) East German hurdler

Bettine Jahn

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  East Germany
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983 Helsinki 100 m hurdles

Bettine Jahn (née Gärtz, born 3 August 1958) is an East German hurdler. She became a world champion in the 100 metres hurdles and a world record holder in the 60 metres hurdles.

Career

She was born in Magdeburg and represented the club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt. Her biggest achievement was to win the 100-meter hurdles at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki. She also won the silver medal at the 1982 European Indoor Championships and the gold medal at the 1983 European Indoor Championships, as well as the 1983 European Cup Super League meet.

She finished seventh at the 1980 Olympic Games and fourth at the 1982 European Championships, only 0.01 seconds behind compatriot Kerstin Knabe. She won the East German championships in 1982 and 1983, the East German indoor championships in 1980 and 1983, and also the open 1983 Hungarian indoor championsips.

She set an indoor world record for the 60 metres hurdles in 1983. She is still the German record holder for the 100 metres hurdles with 12.42 seconds.

Personal life

She married in January 1983 and was initially referred to as Bettine Jahn-Gärtz in the media but later Bettine Jahn.

References

  1. ^ Bettine Jahn at Olympedia (archive) Edit this at Wikidata
  2. "The World Outdoor Championships: The Top Finishers in the 1983 Women's World Outdoor Track and Field Championships". Trackandfield.about.com. 25 May 2012. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  3. "European Indoor Championships (Women)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  4. "European Cup A Final and Super League". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  5. "Women 100m Hurdles European Championships 1982 Athens (GRE)". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  6. "East German Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  7. "East German Indoor Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  8. "Hungarian Indoor Championsips". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  9. "Stephanie Hightower, Bettine Jahn, Candy Young and Benita Fitzgerald..." UPI. 13 January 1984. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  10. "In einem Satz" [In one sentence]. Berliner Zeitung (in German). Vol. 39, no. 18. 22 January 1983. p. 5. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
World champions in women's 100 m hurdles
European Athletics Indoor Champions in women's 60 metres hurdles
† Contested over 50 metres hurdles


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