Karin Krebs
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Karin Krebs (Template:Née Burneleit, born 18 August 1943) is a retired German middle-distance runner. She won the 800 metres race for East Germany at the 1968 European Indoor Games, but failed to reach the 800 m Olympic final the same year. She then focused on the 1500 m event and won it at the 1971 European Championships, setting a new world record at 4:09.6 minutes. She placed fourth at the 1972 Olympics, and her world record was broken earlier in July 1972 by the future Olympic gold medalist Lyudmila Bragina.[1] Krebs had her last intentional success in 1974 when she won the silver medal over 1500 m at the European Indoor Championships.[2]
Domestically Krebs won the East German 800 m title in 1968 outdoors[3] and in 1966 and 1968 indoors.[4] She also held the national 1500 m indoor title in 1971 and 1974.[5]
While passing the gender test at the 1968 Olympics Krebs learned that she was three-month pregnant. After the 1972 Olympics she married her teammate, long-distance runner Joachim Krebs. Their daughter Nadja (born 1976) also became a runner. Krebs was a horticulturist by profession, but worked for the East German Track and Field Association. After the Unification of Germany in 1990 she became a self-employed sports and event manager.[2]
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- ↑ Women's 1500m. World Record Progression Retrieved 2 August 2008.
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- ↑ East German championships, women's 800 metres – Sport-Komplett. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
- ↑ East German indoor championships, women's 800 metres – Sport-Komplett. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
- ↑ East German indoor championships, women's 1500 metres – Sport-Komplett. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
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- Olympic athletes for East Germany
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for East Germany
- Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
- East German Athletics Championships winners