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She married Andreas Drechsler in July 1984 and competed as Heike Drechsler from then on. She was coached by Erich Drechsler, her father-in-law. [2] In addition to her Olympic success, Drechsler won two World Championships in the long jump (1983 and 1993), as well as gold medals in the long jump and the 200 m sprint in the World Indoor ...
Heike Drechsler East Germany 4 June 1983 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia 18 years, 170 days Triple jump: 14.62 m (+1.0 m/s) Tereza Marinova Bulgaria 25 August 1996 Sydney, Australia 18 years, 355 days Shot put: 20.54 m Astrid Kumbernuss East Germany 1 July 1989 Orimattila, Finland 19 years, 146 days Discus throw: 74.40 m Ilke Wyludda East Germany
Heike Drechsler East Germany: 7.13 m 1991 Tokyo details: Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States: 7.32 m Heike Drechsler Germany: 7.29 m Larysa Berezhna Soviet Union: 7.11 m 1993 Stuttgart details: Heike Drechsler Germany: 7.11 m Larysa Berezhna Ukraine: 6.98 m Renata Nielsen Denmark: 6.76 m 1995 Gothenburg details: Fiona May Italy: 6.98 m Niurka ...
Heike Drechsler had set the world record, improved it to 7.45m two years earlier and subsequently equalled her record two weeks later. Jackie Joyner-Kersee equalled the record the following year, the Chistyakova equalled it again earlier in the same competition where she set the new record at 7.52 m (24 ft 8 in).
Heike Henkel: 8 February 1992 German Championships Karlsruhe, Germany Pole vault: 4.77 m Silke Spiegelburg: 15 January 2012 Nordrhein Regional Championships Leverkusen, Germany [81] Long jump: 7.37 m Heike Drechsler: 13 February 1988 Vienna, Austria Triple jump: 14.47 m Katja Demut: 11 February 2011 PSD Bank Meeting: Düsseldorf, Germany [82 ...
Marita Koch had retired but her equal Heike Drechsler was here. In the quarter-final round, Griffith-Joyner improved to 21.76, but then she had set the world record in the 100 metres. The semi-finals the following day showed she had more, her 21.56 was a .15 improvement on the world record.
The 1987 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships were held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.Organized by The Athletics Congress (TAC), the competition took place on February 27 and served as the national championships in indoor track and field for the United States.
Heike Drechsler is the only woman to win two Olympic long jump titles. Ralph Boston and Jackie Joyner-Kersee are the only other two athletes to win three Olympic long jump medals in their careers. The United States is the most successful nation in the event.