Siegrun Siegl

Siegrun Siegl (née Thon; born 29 October 1954 in Apolda, Thuringia) is a retired East German athlete who specialised in the pentathlon and later long jump.

Siegrun Siegl
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 MontrealPentathlon

Biography

She finished fourth in pentathlon at the 1974 European Championships. On 19 May 1976 she broke the world record in long jump with 6.99 metres in Dresden, only 10 days after her fellow East German, Angela Voigt, had set a new record. [1]

[2] She only finished fourth in this event at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, but won the gold medal in pentathlon.

After this she concentrated on the long jump only. She won the 1979 European Indoor Championships and finished fifth at the 1980 Summer Olympics. However, 6.99 m remained her career best jump, and today this places her seventh on the German all-time performers list, behind Heike Drechsler, Helga Radtke, Sabine Paetz, Brigitte Wujak, Birgit Großhennig and Susen Tiedtke.[3]

She competed for the sports club SC Turbine Erfurt during her active career.

References
  1. "Long jump mark to East German", Montreal Gazette, May 20, 1976, p. 30
  2. The Athletics Site: world record progression, women's long jump Archived 8 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Microsoft Word – Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc Archived 31 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine



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