Ute Thimm, née Finger (born 10 July 1958 in

Bochum Bochum (, ; ; ; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 372,348 (April 2023), it is the sixth-largest city (after Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg) in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federa ...

) is a

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athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She competed for West Germany in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

held in

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, United States in the 4 × 400 metres where she won the bronze medal with her teammates

Heike Schulte-Mattler Heike Schulte-Mattler, née Schmidt (born 27 May 1958 in Oberhausen) is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She competed for West Germany in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, U.S. in the 4 × 400 metres where s ...

, Heide-Elke Gaugel and

Gaby Bußmann Gaby Bußmann (born 8 October 1959 in Haltern) is a German athlete who specialized in the 400 metres. She competed for West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, U.S. where she won the bronze medal in the women's 4 × 400 ...

. She was the second runner. Time over-all: 3'22"98. In the same Olympic Games she finished sixth in the 400 metres competition. As last runner with her teammates Edith Oker, Michaela Schabinger and

Heidi-Elke Gaugel Heidi-Elke Gaugel (born 11 July 1959 in Schönaich) is a retired female German athlete who specialized in the 400 m. Biography Gaugel competed for West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, United States, where she wo ...

she finished on the fifth place in the 4 × 100 metres. She won another medal at the

1986 European Championships in Athletics The 14th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 to 31 August 1986 at the Neckarstadion, now known as MHPArena, in Stuttgart, a city in West Germany. Contemporaneous reports were given in the Glasgow Herald. Men' ...

: The Silver Medal right behind the team of East Germany with her teammates

Gisela Kinzel Gisela Kinzel, née Gottwald (born 17 May 1961 in Kirchhellen) is a retired athlete who represented West Germany. She specialized in 400 metres, and competed for the clubs VfL Gladbeck and SC Eintracht Hamm. Competition Results Her biggest succe ...

and

in the 4 × 400 meters competition, also as second runner, time: 3'22"80. She also finished fifth in the 400 metres. With the German 4 × 400-metres-relay she finished fourth in the Finals of the

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in 3'22"49 with her colleagues Helga Arendt, Andrea Thomas and

Gudrun Abt Gudrun Maria Abt (born 3 August 1962) is a retired German hurdler. She was born in Riedlingen. Biography At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul she finished sixth in 400 m hurdles in a personal best time of 54.04 seconds. This ranks her fifth among ...

. She also participated in the

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, the

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and

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but did not win any medals. First she was a member of

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, then from 1986 on she belonged to

TV Wattenscheid TV Wattenscheid 01 Leichtathletik is a German sports club focused on athletics. Founded in 1971 in Wattenscheid, Bochum in the Western part of Germany, the club's history is linked to that of an older club, ''Turnverein Wattenscheid 01'', a gymnas ...

. She is 1,67 metres tall (5 feet and 6 inches) and weighed in her active time.

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1958 births Living people Sportspeople from Bochum Athletes from Arnsberg (region) West German female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany ASV Köln athletes TV Wattenscheid athletes World Athletics Championships athletes for West Germany Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic female sprinters West German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub