Manuela Derr, married Rödel (born 17 July 1971 in

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) is a retired

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sprinter who specialized in the

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. She was banned from competing for doping in 1992.

Biography

She won most of her medals at the junior level. At the 1988 World Junior Championships she finished fifth in the individual distance and a gold medal in

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. At the 1989 European Junior Championships she won four medals; a gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay, a silver medal in the

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and bronze medals in the

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and 4x100 metres relay. At the 1990 World Junior Championships she won the bronze medal in the individual distance and finished fourth in relay. At the 1990 European Championships Derr won a gold medal in relay, with teammates Annett Hesselbarth, Grit Breuer and

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. In 1992 Derr was found guilty of

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doping, together with training partners Grit Breuer and

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. Her personal best time was 51.95 seconds, achieved at the 1990 World Junior Championships in

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.World women's all-time best 400m (last updated August 2001)
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References

1971 births Living people East German female sprinters Doping cases in athletics German sportspeople in doping cases European Athletics Championships medalists People from Neubrandenburg Athletes from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania People from Bezirk Neubrandenburg {{East Germany-athletics-bio-stub