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Bettina Gärtz

Full name: Bettina Gärtz (-Jahn)
Gender: Female
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Weight: 130 lbs (59 kg)
Born: August 3, 1958 in Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Affiliations: SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, Chemnitz (GER)
Country: GDR East Germany
Sport: Athletics

Biography

In 2005, Bettina Gärtz, later Mrs. Gärtz-Jahn, in a 1977 interview with the German newspaper Taz, explained that she had voluntarily taken performance-enhancing drugs, and felt that otherwise she would not have reached the top world level. Her trainer, Mr. Eidam, had explained to her the complexity of this fact in an intensive conversation and discussion. A fuller explanation is contained [here].

Personal Best: 100H – 12.42 (1983).

Results

Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1980 Summer 21 Moskva Athletics Women's 100 metres Hurdles East Germany GDR 7

Women's 100 metres Hurdles

Event History
Games Age City Sport Country Phase Unit Rank T(A) L
1980 Summer 21 Moskva Athletics East Germany Final 7 12.93 8
1980 Summer 21 Moskva Athletics East Germany Semi-Finals Heat One 3 QU 13.04 1
1980 Summer 21 Moskva Athletics East Germany Round One Heat Two 2 QU 13.06 6