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Heike Gabriela Drechsler is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany and later Germany. One of the most successful long jumpers of all-time, she is a former world record holder and ranks third on the all-time list with her legal best of 7.48 metres in 1988. Her marginally wind-assisted jump of 7.63 metres (+2.1) in 1992 at altitude in Sestriere, is still the furthest a woman has ever long jumped. She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump, winning in 1992 and 2000.
Heike Henkel is a German former athlete competing in high jump. She was Olympic, World and European champion. She won the high jump gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Markus Esser is a retired German hammer throw. His personal best is 81.10 metres, achieved in July 2006 in Leverkusen. This ranks him eighth among German hammer throwers, behind Ralf Haber, Heinz Weis, Karsten Kobs, Günther Rodehau, Holger Klose, Christoph Sahner and Klaus Ploghaus.
Athletes from West Germany competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first time that East Germany and West Germany sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games. 275 competitors, 232 men and 43 women, took part in 154 events in 17 sports for West Germany. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Munich, the West German flag was raised at the closing ceremony.
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Heike Friedrich is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who won two medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Karl-Hans Riehm is a former West German hammer thrower.
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Roswitha Esser is a West German sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.
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Hans Esser was a German fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Heike Gehrmann is a German former field hockey player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Walter Esser is a German modern pentathlete. He competed for West Germany at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.
Heike Lange is a German speed skater. She competed for East Germany in two events at the 1976 Winter Olympics.
Heike Jensen is a German former volleyball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics for East Germany – her younger sister Grit was also a member of the team.
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- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heike Esser Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
