Brigitte Elisabeth Holzapfel (born 10 April 1958 in

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) is a retired

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er. At the 1975 European Junior Championships she won a bronze medal in the high jump and a gold medal in pentathlon. She finished eleventh at the

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, won silver medals at the

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and 1978 European Indoor Championships, and the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championships, finished sixth at the 1984 European Indoor Championships and eleventh at the

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. She represented the sports clubs TSV Preußen Krefeld, TuS 04 Leverkusen,

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and

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, and became West German champion in 1976 and 1978. Her personal best jump was 1.95 metres, achieved in August 1978 in

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.World women's all-time best high jump (last updated 2001)
/ref> This was the West German record.

International competitions

References

1958 births Living people West German female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany Sportspeople from Krefeld Athletes from Düsseldorf (region) European Athletics Championships medalists West German Athletics Championships winners {{West Germany-athletics-bio-stub