Anke Behmer ( Vater, born 5 June 1961) is a former

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

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who competed mainly in the

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. She won the bronze medal for East Germany at the

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held in

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with a personal best score of 6858 points. This result ranks her fourth among German heptathletes, behind

Sabine Braun Sabine Braun (born 19 June 1965 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German former athlete in track and field. Because she had talents in several disciplines, Sabine Braun competed in the heptathlon and had a number of successes ...

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and Ramona Neubert.

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* * * * 1961 births Living people East German heptathletes Olympic athletes of East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for East Germany World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver People from Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district) People from Bezirk Neubrandenburg People of the Stasi Sportspeople from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub