Kristine Nitzsche (born 1 June 1959 in

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) is a retired

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athlete who competed in the

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and

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 ...

Biography

She won both events at the 1977 European Junior Championships. At the 1978 European Championships she won the bronze medal in the pentathlon and finished eleventh in the high jump. She represented the sports team SC Cottbus and won the silver medal at the 1979 East German championships. Her personal best jump was 1.95 metres, achieved in July 1979 in Schielleiten.World women's all-time best high jump (last updated 2001)
/ref> She won the

Hochsprung mit Musik The ''Hochsprung mit Musik'' () is an annual indoor high jump meeting which takes place in February in Arnstadt, Germany. First held in 1977, the meeting began as a competition between mainly East German athletes. Following the Re-unification of ...

in 1979 with a then meet record of 1.86 m.

References

1959 births Living people East German female high jumpers East German pentathletes Athletes from Leipzig European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes from Bezirk Leipzig {{Germany-highjump-bio-stub