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German sprinter
Elvira Possekel (born April 11, 1953) is a
West German
athlete, who competed mainly in the
100 metres.
Possekel competed for West Germany in the
1976 Summer Olympics held in
Montreal, Quebec,
Canada in the
4 × 100 m relay, where she won the
silver medal with her teammates: 100 m
bronze medalist
Inge Helten, Olympic 100 m champion
Annegret Richter and
Annegret Kroniger.
In 1977, Possekel was part of the European Select 4 × 100 m relay team, who ran 42.51 secs (1 hundredth outside the
WR) to win at the first World Cup.
References
Sports Reference
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- 1977: Europe (
Possekel,
Lynch,
Richter,
Lannaman)
- 1979: Europe (
Haglund,
Réga,
Richter,
Hunte)
- 1981: East Germany (
Siemon,
Wöckel,
Walther,
Göhr)
- 1985: East Germany (
Gladisch,
Rieger,
Auerswald,
Göhr)
- 1989: East Germany (
Behrendt,
Günther,
Möller,
Oschkenat)
- 1992: Asia (
Gao,
Tian,
Chen,
Xiao)
- 1994: Africa (
Idehen,
Tombiri,
Opara-Thompson,
Onyali)
- 1998: United States (
Taplin,
Gaines,
Miller,
Guidry)
- 2002: Americas (
Lawrence,
Campbell,
McDonald,
Ferguson)
- 2006: Americas (
Bailey,
Ferguson-McKenzie,
Mothersille,
Simpson)
- 2010: Americas (
Mothersille,
Ferguson-McKenzie,
Solomon,
Baptiste)
- 2014: Americas (
Bartoletta,
Ahye,
Henry-Robinson,
Campbell-Brown)
- 2018: Americas (
Tenorio,
Miller-Uibo,
Prandini,
Rosa)
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