Grit Breuer (later Springstein, born 16 February 1972 in Röbel, Bezirk Neubrandenburg) is a German former athlete, who competed in the women's 200 metres, 400 metres, 4×100 m relay, and 4×400 m relay events.
She has received injuries as a result of her sports competition, including a slipped disk in her back and a ligament in her knee. She has also been involved in drugs-related controversy. In 1992 she received a two-year ban from the sport after admitting she had taken clenbuterol. In 2004, she was accused of skipping a drug test in South Africa, but she was cleared on a technicality. She has won two Olympic bronze medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay. Her first was in 1988 competing for East Germany, when she ran in the heats but not the final and the second was in 1996.[1]
| Representing | ||||||
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| 1988 | World Junior Championships | Sudbury, Canada | 1st | 400 m | 51.24 | |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.48 | ||||
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:28.39 | ||||
| Olympic Games | Seoul | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | N/A[2] | ||
| 1989 | World Cup | Barcelona, Spain | 2nd | 400 m | 50.67 | |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:23.97 | ||||
| 1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 1st | 400 m | 49.50 | |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:21.02 | ||||
| Representing | ||||||
| 1991 | World Indoor Championships | Seville, Spain | 3rd | 200 m | 22.58 | |
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:27.22 | ||||
| World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd | 400 m | 49.42 | ||
| 3rd | 4×100 m relay | 42.33 | ||||
| 3rd | 4×400 m relay | 3:21.25 | ||||
| 1996 | European Indoor Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | 1st | 400 m | 50.89 | |
| Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 3rd | 4×400 m relay | 3:21.14 | ||
| 1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 3rd | 4×400 m relay | 3:28.39 | |
| World Championships | Athens, Greece | 1st | 4×400 m relay | 3:20.92 | ||
| 1998 | European Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 1st | 400 m | 50.45 | |
| European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | 400 m | 49.93 | ||
| World Cup | Johannesburg, South Africa | 2nd | 400 m | 49.86 | ||
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:24.26 | ||||
| 1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 1st | 400 m | 50.80 | |
| World Championships | Seville, Spain | 3rd | 4×400 m relay | 3:22.43 | ||
| 2004 | Summer Olympics | Athens, Greece | heats | 4×400 m relay | 3:27.75 | |