Sabine Braun (born 19 June 1965 inEssen,North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German former athlete intrack and field. Because she had talents in several disciplines, Sabine Braun competed in theheptathlon and had a number of successes. Her international sport career began in August 1983 with the European Junior Championships where she won second place.
In 1984 she placed sixth at theXXIII Olympic Summer Games inLos Angeles, California. At theXXV Olympic Summer Games inBarcelona, Spain she won the bronze medal behindJackie Joyner-Kersee from the United States who won the gold andIrina Belova fromRussia representing theUnified Team who won the silver. She scored 6649 points; her results in the competition were 13.25 s - 1.94 m - 24.27 s - 6.02 m - 51.12 m - 2:14.35 min.
At the World Championships she won gold in1991 and1997 and silver in1993. At the European Championships she twice won gold, in1990 and then again in1994, as well as a silver medal in the2002 competition.
She was the German champion in 1989 and four-time winner at the competitions inRatingen andGötzis. At the Götzis meet in 1992 she established a German record of 6985 points, which still stands.[1]
Braun represented LAV Düsseldorf, and then in 1987 for LGBayer Leverkusen and then forTV Wattenscheid. When she was active she was 1.74m tall and weighed 62 kg. In the fall of 2002 she ended her athletic career as a pro.
Sabine Braun isopenly lesbian and lives with retiredjavelin throwerBeate Peters.[2][3]
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