Marion Reichelt Explained

Birth Date:23 December 1962
Nationality:East German
Sport:long jump and heptathlon

Marion Reichelt (née Weser; born 23 December 1962) is a German female former track and field athlete who competed in the long jump and heptathlon for East Germany. She was a heptathlon silver medallist at the European Cup Combined Events in 1987 and set a personal best score of 6442 points, ranking seventh on the world lists for that season.[1] She placed sixth at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in her only global senior performance.[2] She holds a long jump best of .[3]

She was listed among leaked Stasi documents, published by Brigitte Berendonk, as having been subject to the East German state doping programme.[4]

International competitions

1987European Cup Combined EventsArles, Francebgcolor=silver2ndHeptathlon6442 pts
World ChampionshipsRome, Italy6thHeptathlon6296 pts

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/epce.htm European Combined Events Cup
  2. http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=2244&Gender=W Marion Reichelt
  3. https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/german-dem-rep/marion-reichelt-66281 Marion Reichelt
  4. Brigitte Berendonk: Doping. Von der Forschung zum Betrug. Reinbek 1992,, S. 183