Petra Krug
Petra Krug (born 9 November 1963 in Dresden) is a retired East German hurdler. She represented the sports clubs SC Einheit Dresden and SC Dynamo Berlin, and became East German champion in 1989.[1]
Krug finished fifth at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki.
In 1989, Krug won the European Cup in Gateshead, defeating Sally Gunnell and Tatyana Ledovskaya. At the World Cup later that year in Barcelona, she finished fourth behind Sandra Farmer-Patrick, Ledovskaya and Gunnell. She reached the final at the 1990 European Championships in Split, but was forced to withdraw because of injury.
Her personal best time was 54.35 seconds, achieved in July 1989 in Bryansk.[2] This ranks her ninth among German 400 m hurdlers, behind Sabine Busch, Cornelia Ullrich, Ellen Fiedler, Heike Meissner, Gudrun Abt, Silvia Rieger, Susanne Losch and Karin Rossley.[3]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing East Germany | |||||
1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 5th | 400 m hurdles | 54.76 |
1989 | European Cup | Gateshead, England | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 54.72 |
World Cup | Barcelona, Spain | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 55.56 | |
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | DNS (final) | 400 m hurdles | 55.93 (sf) |
DNS = did not start. SF = semifinal.
References
- ^ East German championships, women's 400 m hurdles
- ^ World women's all-time best 400m hurdles (last updated 2001)
- ^ German all-time lists per 1 September 2006 Archived 31 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine - Deutschen Leichtathletik-Verband
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