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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.
Achievements
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
|
Thessaloniki,
Greece
|
2nd
|
400 m
|
52.73
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1st
|
4 × 400 m relay
|
3:35.24
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1992
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Olympic Games
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Barcelona,
Spain
|
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
|
51.85
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3rd
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4 × 400 m relay
|
3:24.10
|
World Cup
|
London,
England
|
8th
|
400 m
|
54.21
|
1996
|
Olympic Games
|
Atlanta,
United States
|
3rd
|
4 × 400 m relay
|
3:21.14
|
1997
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Paris,
France
|
3rd
|
4 × 400 m relay
[1]
|
3:28.39
|
World Championships
|
Athens,
Greece
|
1st
|
4 × 400 m relay
|
3:20.92
|
1999
|
World Indoor Championships
|
Maebashi,
Japan
|
4th
|
4 × 400 m relay
[2]
|
3:29.06
|
World Championships
|
Seville,
Spain
|
2nd
|
400 m
|
49.74
|
3rd
|
4 × 400 m relay
|
3:22.43
|
References
External links
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1983:
Kerstin Walther,
Sabine Busch,
Marita Koch,
Dagmar Rübsam,
Undine Bremer,
Ellen Fiedler (GDR)
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1987:
Dagmar Neubauer,
Kirsten Emmelmann,
Petra Müller,
Sabine Busch,
Cornelia Ullrich (GDR)
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1991:
Tatyana Ledovskaya,
Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova,
Olga Nazarova,
Olha Bryzhina,
Anna Chuprina (URS)
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1993:
Gwen Torrence,
Maicel Malone-Wallace,
Natasha Kaiser,
Jearl Miles,
Terri Dendy,
Michelle Collins (USA)
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1995:
Kim Graham,
Rochelle Stevens,
Camara Jones,
Jearl Miles,
Nicole Green (USA)
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1997:
Anke Feller,
Uta Rohländer,
Anja Rücker,
Grit Breuer (GER)
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1999:
Tatyana Chebykina,
Svetlana Goncharenko,
Olga Kotlyarova,
Natalya Nazarova,
Natalya Sharova,
Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS)
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2001:
Sandie Richards,
Catherine Scott-Pomales,
Debbie-Ann Parris,
Lorraine Fenton,
Michelle Burgher,
Deon Hemmings (JAM)
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2003:
Demetria Washington,
Jearl Miles Clark,
Me'Lisa Barber,
Sanya Richards,
DeeDee Trotter (USA)
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2005:
Yuliya Pechonkina,
Olesya Krasnomovets,
Natalya Antyukh,
Svetlana Pospelova,
Tatyana Firova,
Olesya Zykina (RUS)
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2007:
DeeDee Trotter,
Allyson Felix,
Mary Wineberg,
Sanya Richards,
Monique Hennagan,
Natasha Hastings (USA)
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2009:
Debbie Dunn,
Allyson Felix,
Lashinda Demus,
Sanya Richards,
Natasha Hastings,
Jessica Beard (USA)
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2011:
Sanya Richards-Ross,
Allyson Felix,
Jessica Beard,
Francena McCorory,
Natasha Hastings,
Keshia Baker (USA)
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2013:
Jessica Beard,
Natasha Hastings,
Ashley Spencer,
Francena McCorory,
Joanna Atkins (USA)
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2015:
Christine Day,
Shericka Jackson,
Stephenie Ann McPherson,
Novlene Williams-Mills,
Anastasia Le-Roy,
Chrisann Gordon (JAM)
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2017:
Quanera Hayes,
Allyson Felix,
Shakima Wimbley,
Phyllis Francis,
Kendall Ellis,
Natasha Hastings (USA)
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2019:
Phyllis Francis,
Sydney McLaughlin,
Dalilah Muhammad,
Wadeline Jonathas,
Jessica Beard,
Allyson Felix,
Kendall Ellis,
Courtney Okolo (USA)
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2022:
Talitha Diggs,
Abby Steiner,
Britton Wilson,
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone,
Kaylin Whitney,
Allyson Felix,
Jaide Stepter Baynes (USA)
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2023:
Eveline Saalberg,
Lieke Klaver,
Cathelijn Peeters,
Femke Bol,
Lisanne de Witte (NED)
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