Gaby Bußmann (born 8 October 1959 in

Haltern Haltern am See (''Haltern at the lake'', before December 2001 only Haltern) is a medium-sized town in the northern part of the district of Recklinghausen in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia. The town is located in the n ...

) is a

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athlete who specialized in the 400 metres. She competed for West Germany at the

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held in

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where she won the bronze medal in the women's 4 × 400 metres with her team mates Heike Schulte-Mattler, Ute Thimm and

Heidi-Elke Gaugel Heidi-Elke Gaugel (born 11 July 1959 in Schönaich) is a retired female German athlete who specialized in the 400 m. Biography Gaugel competed for West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, United States, where she wo ...

. She became West German champion in 1978, 1978, 1982 and 1983, and won silver medals in 1984 and 1986. She represented the clubs

ASV Köln Athletik-Sport-Verein Köln e.V. is a multi-sports club from Cologne, Germany. It has sections for rugby union, Track and field athletics, athletics, triathlon and karate General history The club was formed on 27 February 1929, under the name of A ...

, LG Ahlen-Hamm and

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. Indoors she became German champion in 1979, 1981 and 1982.

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* * 1959 births Living people People from Haltern Athletes from Münster (region) West German female sprinters Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany World Athletics Championships athletes for West Germany Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) ASV Köln athletes LG Ahlen-Hamm athletes SC Eintracht Hamm athletes Olympic female sprinters West German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub