Anja Rücker (born 20 December 1972) is a retired

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sprinter who specialized in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. Rücker was born in Bad Lobenstein, Bezirk Gera. At the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Uta Rohländer,

Linda Kisabaka Linda Kisabaka (born 9 April 1969 in Wuppertal) is a retired German middle distance runner. She ran the 400 metres until 1996, when she began specialising in the 800 metres. She retired in 2001, having represented the sports clubs Bayer 04 Leverkus ...

and

Grit Breuer Grit Breuer (later Springstein, born 16 February 1972 in Röbel, Bezirk Neubrandenburg) is a German former athlete, who competed in the women's 200 metres, 400 metres, 4×100 m relay, and 4×400 m relay events. She has received injuries as ...

. Her personal best time is 49.74 seconds, achieved at the 1999 World Championships in

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* 1972 births Living people People from Bad Lobenstein People from Bezirk Gera German female sprinters Athletes from Thuringia Olympic athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century German women Olympic female sprinters East German female sprinters {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub