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{{Short description|German athlete (born 1957)}}

{{MedalTableTop|Ingrid Auerswald.jpg|200px|Auerswald in 1981}}
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{GDR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold  | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] | [[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] | [[Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|100 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1983 World Championships in Athletics|1983 Helsinki]] | [[1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}}
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'''Ingrid Auerswald''' ({{née}} '''Brestrich''', born 2 September 1957 in [[Jena]], [[East Germany]]) is a retired German athlete who competed mainly in the [[100 metres]].

==Biography==
Brestrich-Lange competed for [[East Germany]] in the [[1980 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Moscow]] in the 100 metres where she finished third behind [[Lyudmila Kondratyeva]] and East German teammate [[Marlies Göhr]]. She then joined with Göhr and fellow East Germans [[Romy Müller]] and [[Bärbel Wöckel]] to win [[gold medal|gold]] in the [[4 × 100 metres relay]].<ref name="SR profile">{{Cite sports-reference |title = Ingrid Auerswald-Lange |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/au/ingrid-auerswald-lange-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173345/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/au/ingrid-auerswald-lange-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 8 December 2018 }}</ref>

Due to the Eastern Bloc countries boycotting the [[1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles Olympics]], Auerswald missed the 1984 Games, but returned in the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul Olympics]] to team up again with [[Marlies Göhr]] as well as [[Silke Möller]] and [[Kerstin Behrendt]] to finish second behind the [[United States|USA]] team.<ref name="SR profile" />

==See also==
* [[Athletics in Germany#100 metres|German all-time top lists – 100 metres]]

==References==
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{{Footer Olympic Champions 4 × 100 m Women}}
{{Footer World Champions 4 x 100 m Women}}
{{Footer European Champions 4 × 100 m Women}}
{{Footer IAAF World Cup Champions 4 × 100 m Women}}

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[[Category:1957 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Jena]]
[[Category:Athletes from Thuringia]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Bezirk Gera]]
[[Category:East German female sprinters]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for East Germany]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for East Germany]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for East Germany]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for East Germany]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany]]
[[Category:East German sportspeople in doping cases]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Olympic female sprinters]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 1984 Friendship Games]]


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