Johanna Schaller-Klier

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Olympic medal record
Women's athletics
Gold Montreal 1976 100 m hurdles
Silver Moscow 1980 100 m hurdles

Johanna Schaller-Klier (born 13 September 1952 in Artern) is a retired hurdler and Olympic gold medallist.

[edit] Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Extra
1976 Olympic Games Montreal, Canada 1st
1978 European Indoor Championships Milan, Italy 1st
European Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia 1st 12.62 CR
1980 Olympic Games Moscow, USSR 2nd

She became East German champion in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1980.


Olympic champions in women's 80 m hurdles and 100 m hurdles
80 m hurdles: 1932: Babe Didrikson | 1936: Trebisonda Valla | 1948: Fanny Blankers-Koen | 1952: Shirley Strickland | 1956: Shirley Strickland | 1960: Irina Press | 1964: Karin Balzer | 1968: Maureen Caird
100 m hurdles: 1972: Annelie Ehrhardt | 1976: Johanna Schaller-Klier | 1980: Vera Komisova | 1984: Benita Fitzgerald-Brown | 1988: Yordanka Donkova | 1992: Voula Patoulidou | 1996: Ludmila Engquist | 2000: Olga Shishigina | 2004: Joanna Hayes
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