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{{Short description|German sprinter}}
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{{MedalSport| Women's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry| {{GER}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 Gothenburg]] |4 × 100 m}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1994 European Athletics Championships|1994 Helsinki]]|4 × 100 m}}
{{MedalCountry| {{FRG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1990 European Athletics Championships|1990 Split]]|4 × 100 m}}
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'''Silke-Beate Knoll''' (born 21 February 1967 in [[Rottweil]]) is a former German [[track and field]] athlete and participant in the [[Olympic Games]] who had success in the 1980s and 1990s as a [[sprint (running)|sprint]]er.

Her first success was the 1986 German junior title over 200 metres. As part of the [[4 × 200 metres relay]] team of the [[SC Eintracht Hamm]], she set a [[world indoor records in athletics|world indoor record]] in 1988.

Her greatest successes were the bronze medal in the [[4 × 100 metres relay]] race at the [[1995 World Championships in Athletics|1995 World Championships]] (together with [[Melanie Paschke]], [[Silke Lichtenhagen]] and [[Gabriele Becker]]) and the gold medal at the [[1994 European Championships in Athletics|1994 European Championships]] in the same event (together with Melanie Paschke, [[Bettina Zipp]] and Silke Lichtenhagen). She placed fourth in the individual 200 metre sprint.

Knoll was a member of the German national team at many important international meetings until 1996. She entered the 200 metre sprint at the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Olympic Games]] in [[Seoul]] but was eliminated in the semi-final. She won the silver medal at the [[1990 European Championships in Athletics|1990 European Championships]] in the 4 × 100 m relay. She came fifth in the 200 metre sprint. At the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Olympic Games]] she came fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay and reached the semi-final in the 200 metre sprint. Her third entry at the Olympic Games in 1996 was ill-fated; the 4 × 100 m relay team did not manage to carry the baton to the finish line.

Knoll may not have been in the limelight as much as some other athletes, but few can match her 22 German championship titles. She competed for the [[MTV Celle]], from 1987 to 1989 for [[SC Eintracht Hamm]], then for [[LG Olympia Dortmund]]. While she was still competing, she was 1.63 metres tall and weighed 52 kilograms. She ended her athletics career in 1997.

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{FRG}}
|-
|1985
|[[1985 European Athletics Junior Championships|European Junior Championships]]
|[[Cottbus]], [[East Germany]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 400 m
|3:32.67
|-
|rowspan=2|1987
|rowspan=2|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Rome, Italy]]
|18th (h)
|200 m
|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|23.40]]
|-
|5th
|4 × 100 m
|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|43.20]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1988
|rowspan=2|[[1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Budapest, Hungary]]
|12th (sf)
|60 m
|[[1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres|7.44]]
|-
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|200 m
|[[1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres|23.12]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Seoul, South Korea]]
|19th (qf)
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|23.15]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1989
|[[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Budapest, Hungary]]
|4th
|200 m
|[[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres|23.30]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|rowspan=2|[[Duisburg, West Germany]]
|7th
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade – Women's 200 metres|23.59]]
|-
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|4 × 100 m
|[[Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|43.85]]
|-
|rowspan=4|1990
|[[1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Glasgow, United Kingdom]]
|5th
|200 m
|[[1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres|23.57]]
|-
|rowspan=3|[[1990 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Split, Yugoslavia]]
|5th
|200 m
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres|22.40]] <small>(+0.3&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 × 100 m
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|43.02]]
|-
|4th
|4 × 400 m
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|3:25.12]]
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}}
|-
|1991
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Tokyo, Japan]]
|10th (sf)
|200 m
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|23.49]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1992
|rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|rowspan=2|[[Barcelona, Spain]]
|9th (sf)
|200 m
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|22.60]]
|-
|5th
|4 × 100 m
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|43.12]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1993
|rowspan=2|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Stuttgart, Germany]]
|15th (sf)
|200 m
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|23.07]]
|-
|5th
|4 × 100 m
|[[1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|42.79]]
|-
|rowspan=4|1994
|[[1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships|European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Paris, France]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|200 m
|[[1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres|22.96]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1994 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Helsinki, Finland]]
|4th
|200 m
|[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres|22.99]] <small>(+0.2&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m
|[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|42.90]]
|-
|[[1994 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|[[London, United Kingdom]]
|bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 × 100 m
|[[1994 IAAF World Cup results#Women's 4 × 100 m relay|43.22]]
|-
|rowspan=3|1995
|rowspan=3|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Gothenburg, Sweden]]
|5th
|200 m
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres|22.66]]
|-
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|4 × 100 m
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|43.01]]
|-
|4th
|4 × 400 m
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay|2:26.10]]
|-
|1996
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Atlanta, United States]]
|heats
|4 × 100 m
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay|DNF]]
|}

==References==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{SR/Olympics profile|kn/silke-knoll-1|Silke Knoll}}

{{Footer European Champions 4x100 m Women}}
{{German Athletics Champions in women's 400 m}}

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