Ingrid Auerswald ( Brestrich, born 2 September 1957 in

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) is a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the

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Biography

Brestrich-Lange competed for

in the

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held in

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in the 100 metres where she finished third behind

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and East German teammate

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. She then joined with Göhr and fellow East Germans

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and

Bärbel Wöckel Bärbel Wöckel ( Eckert; born 21 March 1955) is a former East German sprinter. She never ran a world record in the individual disciplines. However, she ran several world records as part of relay teams with Doris Maletzki, Renate Ste ...

to win

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in the

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. Due to the Eastern Bloc countries boycotting the Los Angeles Olympics, Auerswald missed the 1984 Games, but returned in the

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to team up again with

as well as Silke Möller and

Kerstin Behrendt Kerstin Behrendt (born 2 September 1967 in Leisnig) is a former Germany, German Track and field athletics, athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres, 100 m during her career. Behrendt competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Oly ...

to finish second behind the

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team.

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1957 births Living people Sportspeople from Jena Athletes from Thuringia Sportspeople from Bezirk Gera East German female sprinters Olympic athletes for East Germany World Athletics Championships athletes for East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany East German sportspeople in doping cases World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver World Athletics Championships winners Olympic female sprinters Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub

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