Brigitte Wujak, née Künzel (born 6 March 1955 in

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) is a retired

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er who represented

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with the SC Dynamo Berlin. She won the silver medal at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

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with a personal best jump of 7.04 metres. This was the German record at the time, and remained her career best jump. The result places her fourth on the German all-time performers list, behind

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and

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She finished seventh at the 1982 European Championships, and retired after the 1984 season. She competed for the sports club SC Dynamo Berlin during her active career.

References

* 1955 births Living people East German female long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of East Germany Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Sportspeople from Chemnitz Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub