German sprinter
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]
Sports accomplishments
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing East Germany
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 [n 1]
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 Germany
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
^ She ran the heats, but not the finals
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1983 : Kerstin Walther , Sabine Busch , Marita Koch , Dagmar Rübsam , Undine Bremer , Ellen Fiedler (GDR)
1987 : Dagmar Neubauer , Kirsten Emmelmann , Petra Müller , Sabine Busch , Cornelia Ullrich (GDR)
1991 : Tatyana Ledovskaya , Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova , Olga Nazarova , Olha Bryzhina , Anna Chuprina (URS)
1993 : Gwen Torrence , Maicel Malone-Wallace , Natasha Kaiser , Jearl Miles , Terri Dendy , Michelle Collins (USA)
1995 : Kim Graham , Rochelle Stevens , Camara Jones , Jearl Miles , Nicole Green (USA)
1997 : Anke Feller , Uta Rohländer , Anja Rücker , Grit Breuer (GER)
1999 : Tatyana Chebykina , Svetlana Goncharenko , Olga Kotlyarova , Natalya Nazarova , Natalya Sharova , Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS)
2001 : Sandie Richards , Catherine Scott-Pomales , Debbie-Ann Parris , Lorraine Fenton , Michelle Burgher , Deon Hemmings (JAM)
2003 : Demetria Washington , Jearl Miles Clark , Me'Lisa Barber , Sanya Richards , DeeDee Trotter (USA)
2005 : Yuliya Pechonkina , Olesya Krasnomovets , Natalya Antyukh , Svetlana Pospelova , Tatyana Firova , Olesya Zykina (RUS)
2007 : DeeDee Trotter , Allyson Felix , Mary Wineberg , Sanya Richards , Monique Hennagan , Natasha Hastings (USA)
2009 : Debbie Dunn , Allyson Felix , Lashinda Demus , Sanya Richards , Natasha Hastings , Jessica Beard (USA)
2011 : Sanya Richards-Ross , Allyson Felix , Jessica Beard , Francena McCorory , Natasha Hastings , Keshia Baker (USA)
2013 : Jessica Beard , Natasha Hastings , Ashley Spencer , Francena McCorory , Joanna Atkins (USA)
2015 : Christine Day , Shericka Jackson , Stephenie Ann McPherson , Novlene Williams-Mills , Anastasia Le-Roy , Chrisann Gordon (JAM)
2017 : Quanera Hayes , Allyson Felix , Shakima Wimbley , Phyllis Francis , Kendall Ellis , Natasha Hastings (USA)
2019 : Phyllis Francis , Sydney McLaughlin , Dalilah Muhammad , Wadeline Jonathas , Jessica Beard , Allyson Felix , Kendall Ellis , Courtney Okolo (USA)
2022 : Talitha Diggs , Abby Steiner , Britton Wilson , Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone , Kaylin Whitney , Allyson Felix , Jaide Stepter Baynes (USA)
2023 : Eveline Saalberg , Lieke Klaver , Cathelijn Peeters , Femke Bol , Lisanne de Witte (NED)
1991: Germany (Seuser , Schreiter , Hesselbarth , Breuer )
1993: Jamaica (Hemmings , Grant , Rattray-Williams , Richards )
1995: Russia (Chebykina , Ruzina , Kulikova , Goncharenko )
1997: Russia (Chebykina , Goncharenko , Kotlyarova , Alekseyeva )
1999: Russia (Chebykina , Goncharenko , Kotlyarova , Nazarova )
2001: Russia (Nosova , Zykina , Sotnikova , Kotlyarova )
2003: Russia (Antyukh , Pechonkina , Zykina , Nazarova )
2004: Russia (Krasnomovets , Kotlyarova , Levina , Nazarova )
2006: Russia (Levina , Nazarova , Krasnomovets , Antyukh )
2008: Russia (Gushchina , Levina , Nazarova , Zykina )
2010: United States (Dunn , Trotter , Hastings , Felix )
2012: Great Britain (Cox , Sanders , Ohuruogu , Shakes-Drayton )
2014: United States (Hastings , Atkins , McCorory , Tate , Hayes , Hargrove )
2016: United States (Hastings , Hayes , Okolo , Spencer )
2018: United States (Hayes , Moline , Wimbley , Okolo )
2022: Jamaica (Bromfield , Russell , McGregor , McPherson , James )
2024: Netherlands (Klaver , Peeters , De Witte , Bol , Van der Schoot , Saalberg )
1969 : Great Britain (Stirling , Lowe , Simpson , Board )
1971 : East Germany (Kühne , Lohse , Seidler , Zehrt )
1974 : East Germany (Rohde , Dietsch , Handt , Streidt )
1978 : East Germany (Marquardt , Krug , Brehmer , Koch )
1982 : East Germany (Siemon , Busch , Rübsam , Koch )
1986 : East Germany (Siemon , Busch , Müller , Koch )
1990 : East Germany (Derr , Hesselbarth , Müller , Breuer )
1994 : France (Landre , Elien , Dorsile , Pérec )
1998 : Germany (Feller , Rohländer , Rieger , Breuer )
2002 : Germany (Ekpo-Umoh , Rockmeier , Marx , Breuer )
2006 : Russia (Pospelova , Ivanova , Zaytseva , Veshkurova )
2010 : Germany (Lindenberg , Cremer , Kohlmann , Hoffmann )
2012 : Ukraine (Olishevska , Zemlyak , Pyhyda , Lohvynenko )
2014 : France (Gayot , Hurtis , Raharolahy , Gueï )
2016 : Great Britain (Diamond , Onuora , Doyle , Bundy-Davies )
2018 : Poland (Hołub-Kowalik , Baumgart-Witan , Wyciszkiewicz , Święty-Ersetic )
2022 : Netherlands (Saalberg , Klaver , Bol , de Witte )
1977: East Germany (Popp , Krug , Brehmer , Koch )
1979: East Germany (Kotte , Brehmer , Köhn , Koch )
1981: East Germany (Rübsam , Steuk , Wöckel , Koch )
1985: East Germany (Emmelmann , Busch , Neubauer , Koch )
1989: Americas (Crooks , Davis , Jackson , Quirot )
1992: Americas (Edeh , Crooks , Carabali , Restrepo )
1994: Great Btitain (Smith , Keough , Neef , Gunnell )
1998: Germany (Feller , Rohländer , Urbansky , Breuer )
2002: Americas (Richards , Pernía , Amertil , Guevara )
2006: Americas (S. Williams , Darling , Amertil , N. Williams )
2010: Americas (Williams , Dunn , Wilson , Amertil )
2014: Americas (Day , McCorory , McPherson , Williams-Mills )