Heike Drechsler
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Heike Gabriela Drechsler is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany and later Germany. One of the most successful long jumpers of all time, she is a former world record ho
Drechsler in 1990
Heike Daute in 1984
Heike Daute in 1984
Heike Drechsler in 2018
Marita Koch
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Marita Koch is a German former sprint track and field athlete. During her career she set 16 world records in outdoor sprints as well as 14 world records in indoor events. Her record of 47.60 in the 40
Heike Drechsler
…Drechsler's greatest rival in the long jump was Jackie Joyner-Kersee, with whom she was also very good friends. In 1986, Drechsler twice equalled Marita Koch's 200 metres sprint (21.71 seconds) world record and set two long jump world records and equalled one in 1985 and 1986. According to an article written…
Koch in 2013
Koch at the 1984 East German Championships in Athletics in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany
Koch in East Berlin, 21 August 1986