Karin Roßley

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Karin Roßley (right).

Karin Roßley, (née Regel, born 5 April 1957) is a retired East German hurdler, who represented the sports team SC Cottbus. She was born in Cottbus.

She won the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championships.

Roßley set two world records during her career: 55.63 seconds in August 1977 in Helsinki and 54.28 seconds in May 1980 in Jena. The latter stood for three years until Anna Ambraziené ran in 54.02 seconds in Moscow.^[1] Karin Roßley's personal best time remained at was 54.28 seconds, a result which ranks her eighth among German 400 m hurdlers, behind Sabine Busch, Cornelia Ullrich, Ellen Fiedler, Heike Meissner, Gudrun Abt, Silvia Rieger and Susanne Losch.^[2]

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Records
Preceded by Marina Makeyeva	Women's 400 m Hurdles World Record Holder May 17, 1980 – June 11, 1983	Succeeded by Anna Ambraziené
Sporting positions
Preceded by Marina Makeyeva	Women's 400 m Hurdles Best Year Performance 1980	Succeeded by Ellen Fiedler

Persondata
Name	Rossley, Karin
Alternative names
Short description	German hurdler
Date of birth	5 April 1957
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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