Susen Tiedtke

Susen Tiedtke
Medal record
Women’s Athletics
Representing Germany
IAAF World Indoor Championships

Susen Tiedtke (born 23 January 1969 in East Berlin, East Germany) is a German former long jumper, who took part in two editions of the Summer Olympics and won a silver and a bronze medal at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics in 1993 and 1995 respectively.

Tiedtke represented Germany in the long jump at the 1992 Olympic Games, where she finished 8th, and the 2000 Olympic Games, where she finished 5th. At the 1992 games, Tiedtke had originally finished ninth, but was promoted to eighth after the drugs disqualification of Nijole Medvedeva. This would also happen in 2000 when she was promoted from sixth to fifth after the drugs disqualification of Marion Jones.[1][2]

Doping

Following her bronze medal win at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Tiedtke tested positive for Oral-Turinabol, and was banned for two years.[1][3]

Gymnastics

Tiedtke won the East German championship in balance beam in 1982.

Playboy

Tiedtke appeared in the September 2004 edition of Playboy[4] entitled Women of the Olympics.[5]

Private life

Tiedtke married Joe Greene, an American long jumper, in December 1993. They lived in Dublin, Ohio. She changed her name to Susen Tiedtke-Greene. They divorced in 1998, and she moved back to Germany and reverted to her original name. She has been married to former tennis professional Hendrik Dreekmann since 28 January 2005.

Achievements

All results regarding Long Jump

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1987	European Junior Championships	Birmingham, England	3rd	6.39 m (w)
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	5th	6.77 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	8th	6.60 m
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	2nd	6.84 m
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	9th	6.54 m
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	6.90 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	6th	6.78 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	8th	6.62 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	7th	6.68 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	5th	6.74 m

w = wind-assisted

References

"Susen Tiedtke". Biographies. International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF. Archived from the original on August 26, 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"Susen Tiedtke". Athletics - Statistics - Individual statistics. Sports.org. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
"German faces four-year ban". Drugs in Sport. independent.co.uk. 11 April 1995. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
"Susen Tiedtke-Green". headOD. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
Katz, Andrew (2004-08-31). "Olympics were too hot to handle for athletes, fans". The Justice. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2008.

External links

Susen Tiedtke at World Athletics

Susen Tiedtke at Olympedia

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[IAAF-1] "Susen Tiedtke". Biographies. International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF. Archived from the original on August 26, 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] "Susen Tiedtke". Athletics - Statistics - Individual statistics. Sports.org. Retrieved 7 February 2011.

[3] "German faces four-year ban". Drugs in Sport. independent.co.uk. 11 April 1995. Retrieved 7 February 2011.

[4] "Susen Tiedtke-Green". headOD. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2008.

[5] Katz, Andrew (2004-08-31). "Olympics were too hot to handle for athletes, fans". The Justice. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2008.