Sigrid Ulbricht
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| Medal record | ||
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Representing East Germany
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| IAAF World Cup | ||
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1981 Rome | Long jump |
| European Indoor Championships | ||
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1981 Grenoble | Long jump |
Sigrid Ulbricht(néeHeimann;born 25 July 1958) is a German formertrack and fieldathlete who competed in thelong jumpforEast Germany.She was the champion at theIAAF World CupandEuropean Cupin 1981 and represented her country at theOlympic Gamesin 1980.
Career
[edit]Born inKlötze,Bezirk Magdeburg,she took upathleticsand became a member of theSC Magdeburgsports club.[1]Ulbricht originally competed in thewomen's pentathlonand recorded a best score of 4303 points in 1977.[2]She rose to prominence in the long jump in 1980 with a runner-up finish at theEast German Athletics ChampionshipsbehindSiegrun Siegl.[3]That year she was selected for theMoscow Olympicsand finished seventh in the final.[1]
Ulbricht's best season came in 1981. She was runner-up nationally, this time toHeike Drechsler,[3]but claimed a series of international medals. At the1981 European Athletics Indoor Championshipsshe was the silver medallist behind her West German rivalKarin Hänel.[4]She won both the semi-final and final stages of the1981 European Cupwith bests of 6.85 m (22 ft5+1⁄2in) then 6.86 m (22 ft 6 in).[5][6]She achieved a lifetime best of 6.89 m (22 ft7+1⁄4in) inJenathat August before going on to win the1981 IAAF World Cupin a meet record of 6.80 m (22 ft3+1⁄2in).[7]
Ulbricht skipped the following two seasons and made her last appearances in 1984, coming second to Drechsler at the national championships and setting a season's best of 6.84 m (22 ft5+1⁄4in).[1][2][3]She had a daughterAnne Ulbrichtwho later went on to represent Germany inhandball.[1]
Ulbricht was among the athletes subject toEast German state doping,with her documents being revealed byBrigitte Berendonk.[1][8]
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow,Soviet Union | 7th | Long jump | 6.71 m |
| 1981 | European Indoor Championships | Grenoble,France | 2nd | Long jump | 6.66 m |
| European Cup | Zagreb,Yugoslavia | 1st | Long jump | 6.86 m | |
| World Cup | Rome,Italy | 1st | Long jump | 6.80 m |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abcdeSigird Ulbricht.Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-12-13.
- ^abSigrid Ulbricht.Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2015-12-13.
- ^abcEast German Championships.GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-12-13.
- ^European Indoor Championships (Women).GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-12-13.
- ^European Cup Semi Final.GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-12-13.
- ^European Cup (Women).GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-12-13.
- ^IAAF World Cup.GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-12-13.
- ^Brigitte Berendonk:Doping. Von der Forschung zum Betrug. Reinbek 1992,ISBN3-499-18677-2,S. 182.
External links
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- 1958 births
- Living people
- People from Altmarkkreis Salzwedel
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Magdeburg
- German female long jumpers
- East German female long jumpers
- Athletes from Saxony-Anhalt
- Olympic athletes for East Germany
- East German sportspeople in doping cases
- Doping cases in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- SC Magdeburg athletes