Kerstin Knabe

Cornelia Oschkenat, Heike Theele and Kerstin Knabe (furthest from camera) in Jena (1986)

Kerstin Knabe (born Claus on 7 July 1959 in Oschatz, Saxony) is a former German athlete, who ran for East Germany. She made her Olympic debut at the 1980 Games, placing 4th in the 100m hurdles. Knabe did not participate in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles because of a boycott of those Games by East Germany.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, USSR	4th	100 m hurdles
1982	European Indoor Championships	Milan, Italy	1st	60 m hurdles
1982	European Championships	Athens, Greece	3rd	100 m hurdles
1983	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	60 m hurdles
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	100 m hurdles
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	3rd	60 m hurdles
1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	5th	100 m hurdles
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	semi-final	100 m hurdles

European Athletics Indoor Champions in women's 60 metres hurdles

1966: Irina Press (URS) 1967†–1971: Karin Balzer (GDR) 1972†–1973: Annelie Ehrhardt (GDR) 1974: Annerose Fiedler (GDR) 1975–1976: Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) 1977: Lyubov Nikitenko (URS) 1978: Johanna Schaller (GDR) 1979: Danuta Perka (POL) 1980–1981†: Zofia Bielczyk (POL) 1982: Kerstin Knabe (GDR) 1983: Bettine Jahn (GDR) 1984: Lucyna Kalek (POL) 1985–1986: Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) 1987: Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 1988: Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) 1989: Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 1990–1992: Ludmila Narozhilenko (URS) 1994: Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 1996–1998: Patricia Girard (FRA) 2000–2002: Linda Ferga (FRA) 2005–2007: Susanna Kallur (SWE) 2009: Eline Berings (BEL) 2011: Carolin Nytra (GER) 2013–2015: Alina Talay (BLR)

† Contested over 50 metres hurdles

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