Heike Balck (born 19 August 1970 in
Schwerin
Schwerin (; Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch dialect, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch Low German: ''Swerin''; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Zwierzyn''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Germ ...
) is a retired
German
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high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
er.
Biography
Her personal best jump of 2.01 metres, achieved in
Karl-Marx-Stadt
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, and her world junior record stood since 1989 until being broken by
Yaroslava Mahuchikh
Yaroslava Oleksiivna Mahuchikh (, ; born 19 September 2001) is a Ukrainian high jumper and women's high jump world record holder. She won the gold medal at the Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump, 2024 Summer Olympics, 2 ...
in 2019.
Balck shared the record with
Olga Turchak
Olga Turchak (; born 5 March 1967) is a retired female high jumper born in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Biography
Turchak set her personal best on 7 July 1986, jumping 2.01 metres at a meet in Moscow, a mark that stood as the World Junior Record fo ...
, who cleared the height in 1986.
Achievements
See also
*
Female two metres club
References
External links
*
1970 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Schwerin
Sportspeople from Bezirk Schwerin
German female high jumpers
20th-century German women
East German female high jumpers
East German Athletics Championships winners
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