Heike Drechsler

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Medal record
Heike Drechsler at the opening ceremony of the 2007 World Championships in Athletics
Competitor for East Germany Germany
Women's Athletics
Olympic Games
Gold	1992 Barcelona	Long jump
Gold	2000 Sydney	Long jump
Silver	1988 Seoul	Long jump
Bronze	1988 Seoul	100 m
Bronze	1988 Seoul	200 m
World Championships
Gold	1983 Helsinki	Long jump
Gold	1993 Stuttgart	Long jump
Silver	1987 Rome	100 m
Silver	1991 Tokyo	Long jump
Bronze	1987 Rome	Long jump
Bronze	1991 Tokyo	4x100 m relay
European Championships
Gold	1986 Stuttgart	200 m
Gold	1986 Stuttgart	Long jump
Gold	1990 Split	Long jump
Gold	1994 Helsinki	Long jump
Gold	1998 Budapest	Long jump
Silver	1990 Split	200m

Heike Gabriela Drechsler née Daute (born December 16, 1964 in Gera, then East Germany) is a German track and field athlete. She is one of the most successful female long jumpers of all time and also had several successes in sprint disciplines.

She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump (1992 and 2000). She also won two World Championships in the long jump (1983 and 1993), as well as gold medals in the long jump and the 200 m sprint in the World Indoor Championships 1987. In addition, she had numerous successes in European and German championships.

In 1986, Drechsler twice equalled Marita Koch's 200 metres sprint world record and set two long jump world records and equalled one in 1985 and 1986. As of 2000, she had more than four hundred long jump competitions with results over seven meters, more than any other female athlete.

As teenager she was active in the Free German Youth (FDJ) and in 1984 she was elected to the Volkskammer of East Germany.

Several German websites, including her own, claim that Heike Drechsler was voted "Athlete of the Century" in 1999 by the IAAF. This is not quite correct: she was put on the "shortlist" [1] but the award was given to Fanny Blankers-Koen [2].

[edit] External links

Home page of Heike Drechsler (German)
IAAF profile for Heike Drechsler

Records
Preceded by Anişoara Cuşmir	Women's Long Jump World Record Holder September 22, 1985 – June 11, 1988	Succeeded by Galina Chistyakova
Awards
Preceded by Marita Koch	East German Sportswoman of the Year 1986	Succeeded by Silke Möller
Preceded by Heike Henkel	Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year 1992	Succeeded by Wang Junxia
Preceded by Steffi Graf	German Sportswoman of the Year 2000	Succeeded by Hannah Stockbauer
Preceded by Mary Decker Slaney	United Press International Athlete of the Year 1986	Succeeded by Steffi Graf
Sporting positions
Preceded by Anişoara Cuşmir	Women's Long Jump Best Year Performance 1984 — 1986	Succeeded by Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Preceded by Marita Koch	Women's 200m Best Year Performance 1986	Succeeded by Silke Möller
Preceded by Galina Chistyakova	Women's Long Jump Best Year Performance 1991 — 1993	Succeeded by Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Preceded by Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Women's Heptathlon Best Year Performance 1994	Succeeded by Ghada Shouaa
Preceded by Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Women's Long Jump Best Year Performance 1995	Succeeded by Jackie Joyner-Kersee