Romy Müller ( Schneider; born 26 July 1958 in

Lübbenau Lübbenau (, ; officially Lübbenau/Spreewald, Lower Sorbian, L.S. Lubnjow/Błota (meaning ''Lübbenau/Spree Forest'') Polish language, Polish: ''Lubniów'') is a town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Upper Spree Forest-Lusatia District of Brandenbu ...

Bezirk Cottbus Cottbus was a Administrative divisions of the German Democratic Republic, district () of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The administrative seat and main town was Cottbus. History The district was established, along with the othe ...

) is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres and for the

SC Dynamo Berlin The Sports Club Dynamo Berlin was an East German sports club that existed from 1954 to 1991. It was the largest sports club of SV Dynamo, the sports association of the security agencies. The club was reformed after German reunification and succe ...

and the Sportvereinigung Dynamo.

Biography

She competed for East Germany in the

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held in

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in the 4 × 100 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates

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 ...

, 100 m bronze medalist Ingrid Auerswald and 100 m silver medalist

Marlies Göhr Marlies Göhr ( Oelsner, born 21 March 1958 in Gera) is a former East German track and field athlete, the winner of the 100 metres at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. She ranked in the top 10 of the 100 m world rankings for twe ...

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1958 births Living people People from Lübbenau Sportspeople from Bezirk Cottbus East German female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for East Germany Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic female sprinters Athletes from Brandenburg SC Dynamo Berlin athletes {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub

Biography

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