Anja Rücker
German sprinter
Anja Rücker (born 20 December 1972) is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
Rücker was born in Bad Lobenstein, Bezirk Gera. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Uta Rohländer, Linda Kisabaka and Grit Breuer. Her personal best time is 49.74 seconds, achieved at the 1999 World Championships in Seville.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing East Germany | |||||
1989 | European Junior Championships | Varaždin, Yugoslavia | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:33.38 |
1990 | World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 8th | 400m | 54.16 |
4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:32.37 | |||
Representing Germany | |||||
1991 | European Junior Championships | Thessaloniki, Greece | 2nd | 400 m | 52.73 |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:35.24 | |||
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.37 |
World Cup | Havana, Cuba | 6th | 400 m | 53.81 | |
1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:25.49 |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 5th | 400m | 51.85 |
3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:24.10 | |||
World Cup | London, England | 8th | 400 m | 54.21 | |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:21.14 |
1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay[1] | 3:28.39 |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:20.92 | |
1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 4th | 4 × 400 m relay[2] | 3:29.06 |
World Championships | Seville, Spain | 2nd | 400 m | 49.74 | |
3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:22.43 |
References
External links
- Anja Rücker at World Athletics
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World champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay
- 1983: Kerstin Walther, Sabine Busch, Marita Koch, Dagmar Rübsam, Undine Bremer, Ellen Fiedler (GDR)
- 1987: Dagmar Neubauer, Kirsten Emmelmann, Petra Müller, Sabine Busch, Cornelia Ullrich (GDR)
- 1991: Tatyana Ledovskaya, Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova, Olga Nazarova, Olha Bryzhina, Anna Chuprina (URS)
- 1993: Gwen Torrence, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Natasha Kaiser, Jearl Miles, Terri Dendy, Michelle Collins (USA)
- 1995: Kim Graham, Rochelle Stevens, Camara Jones, Jearl Miles, Nicole Green (USA)
- 1997: Anke Feller, Uta Rohländer, Anja Rücker, Grit Breuer (GER)
- 1999: Tatyana Chebykina, Svetlana Goncharenko, Olga Kotlyarova, Natalya Nazarova, Natalya Sharova, Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS)
- 2001: Sandie Richards, Catherine Scott-Pomales, Debbie-Ann Parris, Lorraine Fenton, Michelle Burgher, Deon Hemmings (JAM)
- 2003: Demetria Washington, Jearl Miles Clark, Me'Lisa Barber, Sanya Richards, DeeDee Trotter (USA)
- 2005: Yuliya Pechonkina, Olesya Krasnomovets, Natalya Antyukh, Svetlana Pospelova, Tatyana Firova, Olesya Zykina (RUS)
- 2007: DeeDee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Mary Wineberg, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan, Natasha Hastings (USA)
- 2009: Debbie Dunn, Allyson Felix, Lashinda Demus, Sanya Richards, Natasha Hastings, Jessica Beard (USA)
- 2011: Sanya Richards-Ross, Allyson Felix, Jessica Beard, Francena McCorory, Natasha Hastings, Keshia Baker (USA)
- 2013: Jessica Beard, Natasha Hastings, Ashley Spencer, Francena McCorory, Joanna Atkins (USA)
- 2015: Christine Day, Shericka Jackson, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Novlene Williams-Mills, Anastasia Le-Roy, Chrisann Gordon (JAM)
- 2017: Quanera Hayes, Allyson Felix, Shakima Wimbley, Phyllis Francis, Kendall Ellis, Natasha Hastings (USA)
- 2019: Phyllis Francis, Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad, Wadeline Jonathas, Jessica Beard, Allyson Felix, Kendall Ellis, Courtney Okolo (USA)
- 2022: Talitha Diggs, Abby Steiner, Britton Wilson, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Kaylin Whitney, Allyson Felix, Jaide Stepter Baynes (USA)
- 2023: Eveline Saalberg, Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters, Femke Bol, Lisanne de Witte (NED)
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