Evelin Kaufer (later Schmuck; born 22 February 1953, in

Sohland an der Spree Sohland an der Spree (German) or Załom (Upper Sorbian, ) is a municipality in the district of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany near the border of the Czech Republic in a region called Lusatia. The river Spree flows through the village. Together with s ...

) is a retired

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sprinter who competed in the

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Career and family

At the

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Kaufer reached the heats of the 100 m and won a

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in the

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with her teammates Christina Heinich,

Bärbel Struppert Bärbel Struppert ( Schrickel, (born 26 September 1950 in Jena) is a retired East German sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres. She became European junior champion in 4 × 100 metres relay in 1966. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Mun ...

and

Renate Stecher Renate Stecher (, ; née Meißner, born 12 May 1950) is a German (former East German) sprint runner and a triple Olympic champion. She held 34 world records and was the first woman to run 100 metres within 11 seconds. Biography Born as Renate ...

. Kaufer competed for the club

SC Einheit Dresden Dresdner Sportclub 1898 e.V., known simply as Dresdner SC, is a German multisport club playing in Dresden, Saxony. Founded on 30 April 1898, the club was a founding member of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball Bund) in 1900. Th ...

during her active career. She married the

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footballer Udo Schmuck.

References

1953 births Living people People from Bautzen (district) Athletes from Bezirk Dresden East German female sprinters Dresdner SC sportspeople Olympic athletes for East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic female sprinters East German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub