Rosemarie Ackermann
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 Rosemarie Ackermann |
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Competitor for  East Germany |
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| Gold | 1976 Montreal | High Jump | |
Rosemarie Ackermann (born April 4, 1952) is a former East German high jumper. She was the first female high jumper ever to clear the height of 2.00 m, on August 26, 1977 in Berlin.
[edit] Career
She was born as Rosemarie Witschas in Lohsa, Saxony. Under that name, she took part for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, finishing seventh behind Ulrike Meyfarth.
In 1974, at the European Championships in Rome, she won her first international title, setting a new world record (1.95m) along the way. Later that year, she married handball player Manfred Ackermann, and assumed his surname. The peak of her career came two years later, when she won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada.
She lost her European title to Italian jumper Sara Simeoni in 1978, when they both cleared the world-record height of 2.01 m. However, Ackermann's early celebrations caused the rod to fall, leaving her with second place. Ackermann retired from athletics after the 1980 Olympics, where she placed fourth, just outside the medals.
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Preceded by Yordanka Blagoeva |
Women's High Jump World Record Holder August 24, 1972 – August 4, 1978 |
Succeeded by Sara Simeoni |
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Preceded by Nadia Comaneci |
United Press International Athlete of the Year 1977 |
Succeeded by Tracy Caulkins |
| Preceded by Kornelia Ender |
East German Sportswoman of the Year 1977 |
Succeeded by Marita Koch |
Preceded by Tatyana Kazankina |
Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year 1977 |
Succeeded by Marita Koch |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded by Unknown |
Women's High Jump Best Year Performance 1977 |
Succeeded by Sara Simeoni |
| Preceded by Sara Simeoni |
Women's High Jump Best Year Performance 1979 |
Succeeded by Sara Simeoni |
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