Birth Place: | Gardelegen, Germany |
Height: | 159 cm |
Weight: | 52 kg |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Sprint, long jump |
Pb: | 100 m – 11.5 (1956) 200 m – 23.5 (1956) 400 m – 54.7 (1960) LJ – 6.03 m (1957) |
Club: | SC Dynamo Berlin |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Christa Stubnick (pronounced as /de/; née Seliger on 12 December 1933 - 13 May 2021)[1] was an East German sprinter who competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1956 Summer Olympics. She won silver medals in the 100 m and 200 m events, splitting the Australians Betty Cuthbert (winner) and Marlene Matthews (third). Her 4×100 m relay team finished sixth.