Birgit Rockmeier

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Birgit Rockmeier
Personal information
Full nameBirgit Rockmeier
Born (1973-11-29) 29 November 1973 (age 49)
Moosburg a.d. Isar, West Germany
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
CountryFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 100 m, 200 m, 400 m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 60 metres: 7.34 (Halle/Saale; January 1999)
  • 100 metres: 11.33 (Bochum; July 2005)
  • 200 metres: 22.90 (Stuttgart; July 2001)
  • 400 metres: 51.45 (Dortmund; July 2000)

Birgit Rockmeier (born 29 November 1973 in Moosburg) is a former German sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres.

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Rockmeier's personal best time is 22.90 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Stuttgart. She represented the sports club LG Olympia Dortmund and is the twin sister of Gabi Rockmeier.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 3rd (h) [1] 4 × 100 m relay 44.95
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1991 European Junior Championships Thessaloniki, Greece 1st4 × 100 m relay44.46
1992 World Junior Championships Seoul, South Korea 3rd4 × 100 m relay 44.52
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 20th (h)200m 23.89 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 4th 4 × 100 m relay 42.44
1998 European Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 4th200 m [2] 23.24
European Championships Munich, Germany 2nd4 × 100 m relay 42.68
World Cup Johannesburg, South Africa 3rd4 × 100 m relay42.81
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 6th200 m23.74
2000 European Indoor Championships Ghent, Belgium 4th200 m [3] 23.29
2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 3rd4 × 400 m relay 3:31.00
World Championships Edmonton, Canada 1st 4 × 100 m relay 42.32
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany 8th400 m 52.91
1st4 × 400 m relay 3:25.10
World Cup Madrid, Spain 5th4 × 100 m relay43.36
6th4 × 400 m relay3:31.09
2003 World Championships Paris, France 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.25

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References

  1. Did not finish in the final.
  2. 1998 European Indoor Championships, women's 200 m final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
  3. 2000 European Indoor Championships, women's 200 m final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite