Judith Heine (; born 16 September 1940) is a retired

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sprinter who competed at two Olympic Games..

Biography

Heine competed in the

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and

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events at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won two silver medals in 1960. In 1964 she finished fifth in the relay and was disqualified in the 200 m heats for false starts. In 1962 Heine won one gold and two silver medals at the

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and was selected as West German Sportswoman of the Year. Domestically she held West German national titles in 200 m (1959 and 1961–63), 100 m (1962) and

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(1960 and 1962). Heine also finished second behind

Dorothy Hyman Dorothy Hyman (born 9 May 1941) is an English retired sprinter. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m events, winning three medals. She also won individual 100 m gold and 200 m silver at the 1962 ...

in the 220 yards event at the British 1962 WAAA Championships. Besides athletics, Heine was an amateur harness race driver and has a degree in finances. She didn't participate in 1960 olympics third athletic race

References

1940 births Living people People from Stadthagen Athletes from Lower Saxony German female sprinters German female hurdlers German pentathletes West German female sprinters West German female hurdlers West German pentathletes Olympic athletes for the United Team of Germany Olympic silver medalists for the United Team of Germany Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for West Germany Medalists at the 1963 Summer Universiade European Athletics Championships medalists Japan Championships in Athletics winners West German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub