Andrea Reichstein or Andrea Bienias (born 11 November 1959) is a German

athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

. She competed in the women's high jump at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

. She cleared 1m 91 cm and was placed sixth. She married the decathlete Gert Bienias in 1981. She was placed first in the

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in 1986. She became East German champion in 1981, 1982, 1984 and 1986 and also won two silver and three bronze medals between 1977 and 1985. She also became East German indoor champion in 1986 and took four silvers and one bronze, 1969, 1970 and 1972. She competed for the sports club

SC DHfK Leipzig SC DHfK Leipzig e. V. ''(Sportclub Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur Leipzig e. V.)'' is a sports club in Leipzig, Germany. It was established in 1954 as a competitive sports club, initially under the name ''SC Wissenschaft DHfK Leipzig'', ...

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* 1959 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics East German female high jumpers Olympic athletes for East Germany Place of birth missing (living people) SC DHfK Leipzig athletes Athletes from Leipzig Athletes from Bezirk Leipzig Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games East German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-highjump-bio-stub