Carla Bodendorf
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Born | 13 August 1953 Eilsleben, Bezirk Magdeburg, East Germany | (age 71)||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sprint running | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Magdeburg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Carla Bodendorf (née Rietig on 13 August 1953 in Eilsleben, Bezirk Magdeburg) is a retired East German sprint runner who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics; individually she finished fourth in the 200 meters. She won two bronze medals in these events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships.[1][2]
She was part of two East German 4×100 relay teams that held the world record for three years from 1976 to 1979.[3]
After retiring from competitions, Bodendorf worked as a sports teacher, and then became a politician and project manager at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Saxony-Anhalt. She is married to Jürgen Bodendorf, a long and triple jumper and a football coach.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ European Championships: Prague 1978, women’s results Archived 7 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. athletix.org
- ^ a b Carla Bodendorf. sports-reference.com
- ^ World Record Progression (Women). Apulanta.fi. Retrieved on 4 April 2014.
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- 1953 births
- Living people
- People from Börde (district)
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Magdeburg
- East German female sprinters
- Athletes from Saxony-Anhalt
- Olympic athletes for East Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- Olympic female sprinters
- SC Magdeburg athletes
- East German Athletics Championships winners
- German athletics Olympic medalist stubs