Rosemarie Ackermann
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Women's Athletics | ||
Competitor for East Germany | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1976 Montreal | High Jump | |
European Championships | ||
1974 Rome | High Jump | |
1978 Prague | High Jump |
Rosemarie 'Rosi' Ackermann (born 4 April 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 26 August 1977 in Berlin.
Biography
She was born as Rosemarie Witschas in Lohsa, Sachsen. 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. Two years later, when she won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada.[1]
She lost her European title to Italian jumper Sara Simeoni in 1978, when they both cleared the world-record height of 2.01 m. Simeoni was Ackermann's rival.[1] 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.
Ackermann is the last female high jumper to set a world record using the straddle technique. She's also the last high jumper of either gender to win the Olympic gold medal in the high jump event with that technique.
See also
References
- 1 2 "Ackermann, Rosemarie (1952—)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Gale Research Inc. Retrieved 8 January 2013.(subscription required)
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Preceded by Yordanka Blagoeva |
Women's High Jump World Record Holder 24 August 1972 – 4 August 1978 |
Succeeded by Sara Simeoni |
Awards and achievements | ||
Preceded by Nadia Comăneci |
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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