| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  East Germany | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png "Gold medal – first place"){kind=icon} | 1976 Montreal | Pentathlon |
Siegrun Siegl (née Thon, born 29 October 1954 in Apolda, Thuringia) is a retired East German athlete who specialised in the pentathlon and later long jump.
Biography
She finished fourth in pentathlon at the 1974 European Championships. On 19 May 1976 she broke the world record in long jump with 6.99 metres in Dresden.[1] She only finished fourth in this event at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, but won the gold medal in pentathlon.
After this she concentrated on the long jump only. She won the 1979 European Indoor Championships and finished fifth at the 1980 Summer Olympics. However, 6.99 m remained her career best jump, and today this places her seventh on the German all-time performers list, behind Heike Drechsler, Helga Radtke, Sabine Paetz, Brigitte Wujak, Birgit Großhennig and Susen Tiedtke.[2]
She competed for the sports club SC Turbine Erfurt during her active career.
References
- ^ The Athletics Site: world record progression, women's long jump Archived 8 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Microsoft Word – Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc Archived 31 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Siegrun Siegl at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Siegrun Siegl at the International Olympic Committee
| Records | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Angela Voigt | Women's Long Jump World Record Holder 26 July 1976 – 18 August 1978 | Succeeded by Vilma Bardauskiené |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded by Unknown | Women's Long Jump Best Year Performance 1976 | Succeeded by Vilma Bardauskiené |