Ellen Fiedler ( Neumann, born 26 November 1958 in Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a former East German

400 metres hurdler The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ar ...

. She won the bronze medal at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in Seoul, in a career best time of 53.63 seconds. This ranks her third among German 400 m hurdlers, only behind

Sabine Busch Sabine Busch (later Ascui; born 21 November 1962, in Erfurt) is a retired East German athlete, who specialised in the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles. In 1987, she became the World Champion at 400 m hurdles and the World ...

and Cornelia Ullrich. She also won the

1981 IAAF World Cup The 3rd IAAF World Cup in Athletics was an international track and field sporting event sponsored by the International Association of Athletics Federations, held on September 4–6, 1981, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy. Overall results M ...

event, took the silver medal in the hurdles at the

1980 World Championships in Athletics The 1980 World Championships in Athletics was the second global, international athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Hosted from 14 to 16 August 1980 at the De Baandert in Sittard, Nethe ...

, won the bronze medal at the

1983 World Championships The 1st 1983 World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between 7 and 14 August 1983. Summary The overall me ...

and finished sixth at the 1986 European Championships. At the

she also won a gold medal in the

4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, th ...

. Although it was

Gesine Walther Gesine Walther (born 6 October 1962) is a retired German sprinter. Biography In 1982 Walther became the first European indoor champion in the 200 m event. At the 1982 European Championships she finished fifth in the 100 m, fourth in th ...

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and

Dagmar Rübsam Dagmar Neubauer ( Rübsam; born 3 June 1962 in Suhl) is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. At the 1982 European Championships she finished sixth in the 400 metres, but won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres ...

who ran in the final, Fiedler had run in the qualifying round. Fiedler represented the sports club

SC Dynamo Berlin The Sports Club Dynamo Berlin was an East German sports club that existed from 1954 to 1991. It was the largest sports club of SV Dynamo, the sports association of the security agencies. The club was disbanded after German reunification and even ...

, and became East German champion in 1981, 1982 and 1983.East German championships, women's 400 m hurdles
/ref> Fiedler is 1.76 metres tall; during her active career she weighed 66 kg.

International competitions

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fiedler, Ellen 1958 births Living people People from Demmin East German female hurdlers German female hurdlers Olympic athletes of East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for East Germany World Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Sportspeople from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania