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Carla Bodendorf

Full name: Carla Bodendorf (Rietig-)
Gender: Female
Height: 5'5" (164 cm)
Weight: 128 lbs (58 kg)
Born: August 13, 1953 in Eilsleben, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Affiliations: SC Magdeburg, Magdeburg (GER)
Country: GDR East Germany
Sport: Athletics

Medals: 1 Gold (1 Total)

Biography

Beside her Olympic gold medal Carla Bodendorf won two bronzes at the 1978 European Championships in the 200 and 4 x 100. She was East German champion in the 1978 200 meters. Bodendorf was twice a member of the world record setting teams in the 4 x 100, in 1976 and 1978. In 1975 she ran on the European Cup champion sprint relay team.

Bodendorf later became a sports teacher and then a politician and project manager in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Saxony-Anhalt. She is married to non-Olympian and former long and triple jumper Jürgen Bodendorf, who later worked as a football coach in lower class clubs.

Personal Bests: 100 - 11.22 (1976); 200 - 22.64 (1976).

Results

Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1976 Summer 22 Montréal Athletics Women's 200 metres East Germany GDR 4
1976 Summer 22 Montréal Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay East Germany GDR 1 Gold OR

Women's 200 metres

Event History
Games Age City Sport Country Phase Unit Rank T(A) L
1976 Summer 22 Montréal Athletics East Germany Final 4 22.64 4
1976 Summer 22 Montréal Athletics East Germany Semi-Finals Heat One 2 QU 22.84 7
1976 Summer 22 Montréal Athletics East Germany Quarter-Finals Heat One 1T QU 23.20 7
1976 Summer 22 Montréal Athletics East Germany Round One Heat Five 1 QU 22.98 7

Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay

Event History
Games Age City Sport Team NOC Phase Unit Rank T(A) L
1976 Summer 22 Montréal Athletics East Germany GDR Final 1 OR 42.55 8
1976 Summer 22 Montréal Athletics East Germany GDR Round One Heat Two 1 QU 43.00 1