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Martina Steuk (née Kämpfert; born 11 November 1959) is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany. She competed in the 800 metres and occasionally the 400 metres.
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Her first success came at the 1977 European Athletics Junior Championships, where she won the 800 m title.[1] At the age of 20, she reached the final in the 800 metres at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and placed fourth in a lifetime best time of 1:56.21 behind the Soviet trio of Nadiya Olizarenko, Olga Mineyeva and Tatyana Providokhina, Olizarenko breaking the world record.[2] A successful 1981 season followed, which included a win at the 1981 European Cup,[3] and at the 1981 IAAF World Cup she won an 800 m silver behind Lyudmila Veselkova and a gold with the East German 4 × 400 metres relay team.[4] She ranked second in the world that year for the 800 m behind Vesselkova with a time of 1:57.16.[5] That success continued into 1982 with a silver medal at the 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships, finishing second only to Romania's Doina Melinte.[6] She was top of the world indoor rankings that season with 1:59.24 minutes.[7]
She was a three-time national champion, winning the 800 m at the East German Athletics Championships in 1981 before taking a national indoor and outdoor double in 1982.[8][9]
She holds one of the fastest times for the 1000 metres at 2:30.85 minutes. This was the second fastest ever when it was set in 1980, behind Soviet runner Tatyana Providokhina, though it remained the fastest recorded electronically recorded time for ten years.[10] It remains the best mark by an under-23 athlete and she also holds the under-23 best for the 600 metres event with 1:24.56 minutes.[11]
Steuk was born in Berlin and was a member of her local club Berliner TSC. She married East German hammer thrower Roland Steuk in 1991.[12] The two subsequently divorced. She was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit for her athletic feats in 1982.[13]
International competitions
editYear | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1977 | European Junior Championships | Donetsk, Soviet Union | 1st | 800 m | 2:01.7 |
1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 4th | 800 m | 1:56.3 |
1981 | European Cup | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | 1st | 800 m | 1:57.16 |
World Cup | Rome, Italy | 2nd | 800 m | 1:58.31 | |
1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:20.62 | |||
1982 | European Indoor Championships | Milan, Italy | 2nd | 800 m | 2:01.07 |
National titles
edit- East German Athletics Championships
- 800 m: 1981, 1982
- East German Indoor Athletics Championships
- 800 m: 1982
Personal bests
edit- 400 metres – 52.88 sec (1987)
- 400 metres indoor – 52.8 sec (1980)
- 600 metres – 1:24.56 min (1981)
- 800 metres – 1:56.21 min (1980)
- 800 metres indoor – 1:59.24 min (1982)
- 1000 metres – 2:30.85 min (1980)
- 4 × 400 metres relay – 3:20.62 min (1981)
All information from All-Athletics.[14]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ European Junior Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
- ^ Athletics at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Women's 800 metres. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
- ^ European Cup (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
- ^ IAAF World Cup. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
- ^ WOrld Top Performers (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
- ^ European Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
- ^ World Top Performers Indoor (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
- ^ East German Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
- ^ East German Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
- ^ senior outdoor 1000 Metres women. IAAF. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
- ^ World Under 23 Best Performances. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
- ^ Martina Steuk. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.
- ^ S. 1, Berliner Zeitung, 17 December 1982.
- ^ Martina KÄMPFERT-STEUK. All Athletics. Retrieved on 2017-02-18.