Susen Tiedtke (born 23 January 1969 in

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) is a German former

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er, who took part in two editions of the Summer Olympics and won a silver and a bronze medal at the

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in 1993 and 1995 respectively.

Early life and family

Susen Tiedtke was the daughter of Ingrid, 1966 European Championships finalist in the

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, and Jürgen Tiedtke, a former East German

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er. Her sister Pia was an East German

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international until

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, and her uncle Manfred Tiedtke was an Olympian decathlete.

Career

Tiedtke represented Germany in the long jump at the 1992 Olympic Games, where she finished 8th, and the

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, where she finished 5th. At the 1992 games, Tiedtke had originally finished ninth, but was promoted to eighth after the drugs disqualification of Nijole Medvedeva. This would also happen in 2000 when she was promoted from sixth to fifth after the drugs disqualification of

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Doping

Following her bronze medal win at the

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, Tiedtke tested positive for Oral-Turinabol, and was banned for two years.

Artistic gymnastics

Tiedtke was previously a

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and won the East German

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championship in

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in 1982.

Playboy

Tiedtke appeared in the September 2004 edition of ''

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'' entitled ''Women of the Olympics''.

Private life

Tiedtke married

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, an American long jumper, in December 1993. They lived in

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. She changed her name to Susen Tiedtke-Greene. They divorced in 1998, and she moved back to Germany and reverted to her original name. She has been married to former

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professional

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since 28 January 2005.

Achievements

*All results regarding Long Jump *w = wind-assisted

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiedtke, Susen 1969 births Living people German female long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany Athletes from East Berlin Doping cases in athletics German sportspeople in doping cases 20th-century German sportswomen East German female long jumpers