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East German sprinter
Günther (right) with
Silke Gladisch in 1986
Sabine Günther (
née Rieger ; born 6 November 1963 in
Jena ) is a former
East German sprinter who competed mainly in the
200 metres .
Biography
Günther won the 200 metres gold medal at the
1981 European Junior Championships . At the
1982 European Championships , she won the bronze medal in the
200 metres and a gold medal in the
4 x 100 metres relay together with teammates
Gesine Walther ,
Bärbel Wöckel and
Marlies Göhr . The team finished in 42.19 seconds with Günther running the third leg.
[1]
The relay team of Günther (
Silke Gladisch , Marlies Göhr and
Ingrid Auerswald ) set a
world record of 41.37 seconds at the
1985 IAAF World Cup event in
Canberra . The world record stood until 2012.
[2]
At the
1986 European Championships , Günther only placed seventh in the individual distance, but won another gold medal in the
4 x 100 metres relay together with Silke Gladisch, Ingrid Auerswald and Marlies Göhr. Their time was 41.84 seconds, and Günther ran the second leg.
[1] At the
1990 European Championships , Günther again placed seventh in the individual distance, but won yet another gold medal in the
4 x 100 metres relay , this time with Silke Möller (formerly Gladisch),
Katrin Krabbe and
Kerstin Behrendt . Günther ran the last leg,
[1] crossing the finish line to clock in 41.68 seconds.
With united Germany, Günther helped finish fifth at the
1992 Olympic Games with a new relay team composed of
Andrea Philipp ,
Silke Knoll ,
Andrea Thomas and Sabine Günther.
Günther represented the sports club
SC Motor Jena and won silver medals at the East German championships in 1986 (100 m)
[3] and 1990 (200 m).
[4] Her personal best times were 11.19 in the 100 metres, achieved in September 1985 in
East Berlin ,
[5] and 22.37 in the 200 metres, achieved in June 1982 in
Cottbus .
[6]
Günther is 1.70 metres tall; during her active career she weighed 60 kg.
References
1938 :
Germany (
Kohl ,
Krauß ,
Albus ,
Kühnel )
1946 :
Netherlands (
v.d. Kade-Koudijs ,
Witziers-Timmer ,
Adema ,
Blankers-Koen )
1950 :
Great Britain (
Hay ,
Desforges ,
Hall ,
Foulds )
1954 :
Soviet Union (
Krepkina ,
Uliskina ,
Itkina ,
Turova )
1958 :
Soviet Union (
Krepkina ,
Kepp ,
Polyakova ,
Maslovska )
1962 :
Poland (
Ciepły ,
Sobotta ,
Szyroka ,
Piątkowska )
1966 :
Poland (
Bednarek ,
Straszyńska ,
Kirszenstein ,
Kłobukowska )
1969 :
GDR (
Höfer ,
Meissner ,
Podeswa ,
Vogt )
1971 :
FRG (
Schittenhelm ,
Helten ,
Irrgang ,
Mickler )
1974 :
GDR (
Maletzki ,
Stecher ,
Heinich ,
Eckert )
1978 :
Soviet Union (
Anisimova ,
Maslakova ,
Kondratyeva ,
Storozhkova )
1982 :
GDR (
Walther ,
Eckert ,
Rieger ,
Göhr )
1986 :
GDR (
Gladisch ,
Rieger ,
Brestrich-Auerswald ,
Göhr )
1990 :
GDR (
Möller ,
Krabbe ,
Behrendt ,
Günther )
1994 :
Germany (
Paschke ,
Knoll ,
Zipp ,
Lichtenhagen )
1998 :
France (
Benth ,
Bangué ,
Félix ,
Arron )
2002 :
France (
Combe ,
Hurtis ,
Félix ,
Sidibé )
2006 :
Russia (
Gushchina ,
Rusakova ,
Khabarova ,
Grigoryeva )
2010 :
Ukraine (
Povh ,
Pohrebnyak ,
Ryemyen ,
Bryzhina )
2012 :
Germany (
Günther ,
Cibis ,
Pinto ,
Sailer )
2014 :
Great Britain (
Philip ,
Nelson ,
J. Williams ,
Henry )
2016 :
Netherlands (
Samuel ,
Schippers ,
Van Schagen ,
Sedney )
2018 :
Great Britain (
Philip ,
Lansiquot ,
B. Williams ,
Asher-Smith )
2022 :
Germany (
Mayer ,
Haase ,
Lückenkemper ,
Burghardt )
2024 :
Great Britain (
Asher-Smith ,
Henry ,
Hunt ,
Neita )
1977: Europe (
Possekel ,
Lynch ,
Richter ,
Lannaman )
1979: Europe (
Haglund ,
Réga ,
Richter ,
Hunte )
1981: East Germany (
Siemon ,
Wöckel ,
Walther ,
Göhr )
1985: East Germany (
Gladisch ,
Rieger ,
Auerswald ,
Göhr )
1989: East Germany (
Behrendt ,
Günther ,
Möller ,
Oschkenat )
1992: Asia (
Gao ,
Tian ,
Chen ,
Xiao )
1994: Africa (
Idehen ,
Tombiri ,
Opara-Thompson ,
Onyali )
1998: United States (
Taplin ,
Gaines ,
Miller ,
Guidry )
2002: Americas (
Lawrence ,
Campbell ,
McDonald ,
Ferguson )
2006: Americas (
Bailey ,
Ferguson-McKenzie ,
Mothersille ,
Simpson )
2010: Americas (
Mothersille ,
Ferguson-McKenzie ,
Solomon ,
Baptiste )
2014: Americas (
Bartoletta ,
Ahye ,
Henry-Robinson ,
Campbell-Brown )
2018: Americas (
Tenorio ,
Miller-Uibo ,
Prandini ,
Rosa )