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
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
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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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