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{{Short description|German sprinter (born 1971)}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
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{{MedalGold |[[1990 European Championships in Athletics|1990 Split]]|4 × 400 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics|1990 Plovdiv]]| 400 metres}}
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'''Manuela Derr''', married '''Rödel''' (born 17 July 1971 in [[Neubrandenburg]]) is a retired [[East Germany|East German]] sprinter who specialized in the [[400 metres]]. She was banned from competing for doping in 1992.

==Biography==
She won most of her medals at the junior level. At the [[1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics|1988 World Junior Championships]] she finished fifth in the individual distance and a gold medal in [[4 × 400 metres relay]]. At the [[1989 European Junior Championships in Athletics|1989 European Junior Championships]] she won four medals; a gold medal in 4 × 400 m relay, a silver medal in the [[200 metres]] and bronze medals in the [[100 metres]] and [[4 × 100 metres relay]]. At the [[1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics|1990 World Junior Championships]] she won the bronze medal in the individual distance and finished fourth in relay.

At the [[1990 European Championships in Athletics|1990 European Championships]] Derr won a gold medal in relay, with teammates [[Annett Hesselbarth]], [[Grit Breuer]] and [[Petra Schersing]].

In 1992 Derr was found guilty of [[clenbuterol]] doping, together with training partners Grit Breuer and [[Katrin Krabbe]].<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950204/ai_n13965129 Christie lined up to face France - ''The Independent'', 4 February 1995]</ref>

Her personal best time was 51.95 seconds, achieved at the 1990 World Junior Championships in [[Plovdiv]].<ref>[http://hem.bredband.net/athletics/atb-d03.htm World women's all-time best 400m (last updated August 2001)]</ref> She represented the sports club [[SC Neubrandenburg]].

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[[Category:East German female sprinters]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Neubrandenburg]]
[[Category:Athletes from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Bezirk Neubrandenburg]]

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