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Hildrun Laufer-Claus

Full name: Hildrun Laufer-Claus
Gender: Female
Height: 5'8" (172 cm)
Weight: 146 lbs (66 kg)
Born: May 13, 1939 in Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
Affiliations: SC Dynamo Berlin, Berlin (GER)
Country: GER Germany
Sport: Athletics

Related Olympians: Wife of Peter Laufer.

Medals: 1 Bronze (1 Total)

Biography

In 1962, Hildrun Claus married her teammate, pole vaulter Peter Laufer, and started under his name in 1964. She came from Dresden (GDR), but later moved to East Berlin. She won GDR national titles in the long jump in 1957-62 and 1964, and set three world records (6.36 and 6.40 in 1960 and 6.42 in 1961). In 1995, she sustained a sports accident, which resulted in paraplegia and she was confined to a wheelchair. She was educated as a landscape designer.

Personal Best: LJ – 6.48 (1964).

Results

Games Age City Sport Event Team NOC Rank Medal
1960 Summer 21 Roma Athletics Women's Long Jump Germany GER 3 Bronze
1964 Summer 25 Tokyo Athletics Women's Long Jump Germany GER 7

Women's Long Jump

Event History
Games Age City Sport Country Phase Unit Rank D BMD SBMD
1960 Summer 21 Roma Athletics Germany Final Round 3 6.21
1960 Summer 21 Roma Athletics Germany Final Round Round One 1 6.21
1960 Summer 21 Roma Athletics Germany Final Round Round Two 1 6.18 6.21
1960 Summer 21 Roma Athletics Germany Final Round Round Three 2 foul 6.21
1960 Summer 21 Roma Athletics Germany Final Round Round Four 3 foul 6.21
1960 Summer 21 Roma Athletics Germany Final Round Round Five 3 6.13 6.21
1960 Summer 21 Roma Athletics Germany Final Round Round Six NP 6.11
1960 Summer 21 Roma Athletics Germany Qualifying Round 2 QU 6.21
1960 Summer 21 Roma Athletics Germany Qualifying Round Round One 1 6.21
1960 Summer 21 Roma Athletics Germany Qualifying Round Round Two 2 pass 6.21
1960 Summer 21 Roma Athletics Germany Qualifying Round Round Three NP pass
1964 Summer 25 Tokyo Athletics Germany Final Round 7 6.24 6.06
1964 Summer 25 Tokyo Athletics Germany Final Round Round One 6 6.06
1964 Summer 25 Tokyo Athletics Germany Final Round Round Two 4 6.24 6.24 6.06
1964 Summer 25 Tokyo Athletics Germany Final Round Round Three 8 6.04 6.24 6.04
1964 Summer 25 Tokyo Athletics Germany Qualifying Round 8T QU 6.28 NM
1964 Summer 25 Tokyo Athletics Germany Qualifying Round Round One NP foul
1964 Summer 25 Tokyo Athletics Germany Qualifying Round Round Two 8T 6.28 6.28 NM
1964 Summer 25 Tokyo Athletics Germany Qualifying Round Round Three NP pass