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| Birth name | Heike Gabriela Daute[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Heike Spix[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | German | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1964-12-16)16 December 1964 (age 60)[1] Gera,Bezirk Gera,East Germany[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Heike Gabriela Drechsler (German pronunciation:[ˈhaɪkəˈdʁɛkslɐ]ⓘ;née Daute; born 16 December 1964) is a German formertrack and field athlete who representedEast Germany and laterGermany. One of the most successfullong jumpers of all-time, she is a formerworld record holder and ranksthird on the all-time list with her legal best of 7.48 metres in 1988. Her marginallywind-assistedjump of 7.63 metres (+2.1) in 1992 at altitude in Sestriere, is still the furthest a woman has ever long jumped. She is the only woman who has won twoOlympicgold medals in the long jump, winning in 1992 and 2000.
Drechsler also won Olympic medals in the100 metres and200 metres in 1988, a silver medal in the 100 metres at the1987 World Championships, and is a formerworld record holder in the 200 metres with 21.71 seconds in 1986.
Drechsler was born inGera,Bezirk Gera,East Germany (nowThuringia,Germany). As a teenager she was active in theFree German Youth (FDJ) and in 1984 she was elected to theVolkskammer of East Germany.
Initially a very competitive long jumper early in her career as a teenager, Drechsler made a transition into the world of elite sprinting in 1986 at the age of 21. She married Andreas Drechsler in July 1984 and competed asHeike Drechsler from then on. She was coached by Erich Drechsler, her father-in-law.[2]
In addition to her Olympic success, Drechsler won twoWorld Championships in the long jump (1983 and 1993), as well as gold medals in the long jump and the200 m sprint in theWorld Indoor Championships 1987. She also had numerous successes in European and German championships. Drechsler's greatest rival in the long jump wasJackie Joyner-Kersee, with whom she was also very good friends.
In 1986, Drechsler twice equalledMarita Koch's 200 metres sprint (21.71 seconds)world record and set two long jump world records and equalled one in 1985 and 1986.
According to an article written by Ron Casey (an Australian statistician), in 1986 Drechsler made significant improvements to her 100 m and 200 m times. In one season she went from an 11.75-second 100 m to 10.91 seconds. Her 200 m time improved from 23.19 seconds to 21.71 seconds (equaling the world record) in the 1986 season.
Her 21.71 second performance for 200 m was run into a head wind of −0.8 m/s. By comparison, Marita Koch's 21.71 second runs in 1979 and 1984 had tail winds of +0.7 m/s and +0.3 m/s respectively.
Drechsler's 200 m performance of 21.71 seconds into a head wind (−0.8 m/s) is one of the fastest ever run by a woman in the history of track and field.
In October 1986, she was awarded aStar of People's Friendship in gold (second class) for her sporting success.[3] Several German websites, including her own, claim that Heike Drechsler was voted "Athlete of the Century" in 1999 by theIAAF. This is not quite correct: she was put on the "shortlist",[4] but the award was given toFanny Blankers-Koen.[5]
1983: 7.14 m (23 ft 5 in) inBratislava / (Juniors)
1985: 7.44 m (24 ft 5 in) inEast Berlin
1986: 7.45 m (24 ft5+1⁄4 in) inTallinn
1988:7.48 m (24 ft6+1⁄2 in) inNeubrandenburg[6]
1992:7.63 m (25 ft1⁄2 in) inSestriere[6]
Drechsler's 1992 jump in Sestriere was made with a tailwind of 2.1 meters per second, just 0.1 m/s over the allowable level of 2.0 m/s to be considered a world record; it was also performed at an altitude of greater than 1000 meters above sea level, which is the level beyond which marks are designated to have been achieved "at altitude." The jump is 11 cm longer than the current world record.
1986: 21.71 seconds inJena[7][8][9]
1986: 21.71 seconds inStuttgart[7][9]
1981: 5891 Points (Junior)
1994: 6741 Points inTalence
There were many accusations of drug use while she competed for East Germany. She has never failed a drug test during her career; however, all East German athletes competing abroad were tested before departure to avoid getting caught.[10] In 2001, theBBC claimed she has admitted to unknowingly taking prohibited substances in the early 1980s under orders from her team doctors.[11]
In 1991, after the fall of East Germany,Brigitte Berendonk andWerner Franke found several theses and dissertations quoting former GDR doping researchers in the Military Medical Academy Bad Saarow (MMA). The basis of the work reconstructed state-organized doping practices involving many well-known GDR athletes, including Heike Drechsler. Indications were that Heike Drechsler used high doses ofOral Turinabol plus more testosterone ester injections before competitions from 1982 to 1984.[12] In 1993, Drechsler challenged Brigitte Berendonk, accusing her of lying in a lawsuit.[13] In the case, the full annual dosage schedules, and charts of the development of sport performance as a function of the dosage amount, were released. Drechsler lost the lawsuit.[14][15] However, Drechsler continued to win titles after the DDR time (after 1989), when she started for the merged German team and was tested regularly.
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| Preceded by | Women's long jump World Record Holder 22 September 1985 – 11 June 1988 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | East German Sportswoman of the Year 1986 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year 1992 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | German Sportswoman of the Year 2000 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | United Press International Athlete of the Year 1986 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Women's long jump Best Year Performance 1984 – 1986 1991 – 1993 1995 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Women's 200 m Best Year Performance 1986 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Women's Heptathlon Best Year Performance 1994 | Succeeded by |
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