Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth is a German former high jumper. She won the Olympic title twice, in 1972 and 1984. She is the youngest Olympic champion ever in women's high jump, and at the time of her 1984 triumph, she also was the oldest ever.
Rosemarie "Rosi" Ackermann is a German former high jumper, Olympic champion and multiple world record holder. In Berlin on 26 August 1977, she became the first female high jumper to clear a height of two metres.
Katharina "Käthe" Anna Krauß was a German track and field athlete, who won three gold medals at the 1934 Women's World Games in London and a bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where she was also on the German 4 × 100 m relay team. She won several German championships in various events and 2 silver medals and a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1938 European Athletics Championships in Vienna.
Ursula Donath is an athlete from East Germany who specialized in the 400 metres and 800 metres. She was born in Saldus, Latvia.
Roswitha Krause is a retired German freestyle swimmer and team handball player. She is the first woman to win Summer Olympic medals in two different sports. Krause won a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.
Karin Geese is a German high jumper, who was successful in the 1970s.
Karin Schulze is a retired German track and field athlete who specialized in high jump. She competed in the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics and finished ninth and seventh, respectively.
Rita Kirst is a retired German high jumper. She competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics and finished in fifth, fifth and 22nd place, respectively. Between 1968 and 1974 she won three gold and two bronze medals at the European indoor championships. Her personal best is 1.92 m (1974).
Gisela Jäger was a German rower who won three gold and one silver medals in the double sculls at the European championships of 1968–1971, together with Rita Schmidt. Nationally, she won all single scull titles between 1957 and 1965, as well as double sculls in 1968–1971. She later married the rower Achim Hill.
Rita Bludau is a retired German rower and successful rowing coach.
Vera Michelle, née Steiert is a retired (West) German middle and long-distance runner, born in Lindau.
Birgit Jerschabek-Keipke is a retired (East) German long-distance runner.
Christian Rhoden is a retired German high jumper.
Carsten Eich is a retired (East) German runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres and the marathons. He is an eight-time German champion and national record holder in the half marathon.
Sofia Schulte is a retired German long jumper and triple jumper.
Andrea Reichstein or Andrea Bienias is a German athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She cleared 1m 91 cm and was placed sixth. She married the decathlete Gert Bienias in 1981. She was placed first in the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1986.
The East German Athletics Championships was an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the East German Athletics Federation, which served as the East German national championships for the sport. The three- or four-day event was held in summer months, varying from late June to early September, and the venue changed on an annual basis.
Dagmar Melzer is a retired East German high jumper.
Bärbel Graf is a retired East German high jumper.
Doris Langer, née Walther is a retired East German high jumper.
