Helga Radtke (born 16 May 1962 in
Sanitz
Sanitz is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Rostock (district), Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Geography
Sanitz is located approximately 15 km (9 miles) east of Rostock.
It is subdivided into the follo ...
,
Rostock
Rostock (; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Roztoc''), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (), is the largest city in the German States of Germany, state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the sta ...
) is a retired German
track and field
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athlete, former
World Indoor Long Jump Champion.
Career
She competed from 1979 to the 1990s in the
long
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and
triple jump
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s. Until 1990 she represented
East Germany
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. She won the bronze medal in the long jump at the
1990 European championship and was successful in many more indoor world and European championships.
Results in detail
*1979, Junior European championship: 1st place (6.22 - x - 6.10 - 6.47 - x - 6.35)
*1983, Indoor European championship: 2nd place (x - 6.48 - 6.47 - x - 6.63 - 6.52)
*1983, World championship: 12th place (6.37 - 6.35 - 6.44)
*1985, Indoor world games: 1st place (6.74 - 6.72 - 6.81 - 6.82 - 6.86 - 6.88)
*1985, Indoor European championship: 4th place (x - 6.89 - x - 6.73 - x - 6.74)
*1986, Indoor European championship: 2nd place (x - 6.80 - 6.91 - 5.41 - 6.82 - 6.94)
*1986, European championship: 3rd place (6.63 - 6.89 - 6.64 - x - 6.89 - x)
*1987, Indoor World championship: 2nd place (x - 6.67 - 6.90 - 6.29 - x - 6.94)
*1987, World championship: 4th place (6.95 - 6.56 - 7.01 - x - x - 6.95)
*1990, Indoor European championship: 3rd place (6.41 - 6.51 - 6.55 - 6.55 - 6.66 - 6.33)
*1990, European championship: 3rd place (x - x - 6.64 - x - x - 6.94)
*1991, World championship: eliminated during qualification
*1992, Indoor European championship: 5th place in the Long jump (6.36 - x - x - 6.29 - 6.43 - 6.25); 3rd place in the Triple jump (x - 13.59 - x - x - 13.75 - x)
*1992, Summer Olympics: eliminated during qualification
*1993, Indoor-World championship, 5th place in the Triple jump (13.52 - 13.95 - x - 13.56 - x - x)
*1993, World championship: in the long jump eliminated during qualification; Triple jump: 5th place (x - 13.86 - x - 14.01 - 13.77 - 14.19)
*1994, Indoor European championship: 8th place in the Long jump. (6.40 - 6.31 - 6.31 - 6.28 - 6.45 - 6.43); Triple jump: 7th place (13.78 - 13.75 - x - x - 13.79 - 13.92)
*1994, European championship: in the long jump eliminated during qualification; Triple jump: 8th place (13.77 - 13.60 - 13.52)
Radtke belonged the Empor Rostock sport club and later to the LAC Quelle Fürth and Munich 1860. During her career she was 1.70 meters tall and weighed 64 kilograms.
References
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European Championships
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1962 births
Living people
East German female long jumpers
East German female triple jumpers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Germany
European Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships athletes for East Germany
World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
People from Rostock (district)
World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
Friendship Games medalists in athletics
Sportspeople from Bezirk Rostock
SC Empor Rostock athletes
East German Athletics Championships winners