Grit Breuer

Grit Breuer (later Springstein, born 16 February 1972 in Röbel, Bezirk Neubrandenburg) is a former German athlete, who competed in the women's 200 metres, 400 metres, 4×100 m relay, and 4×400 m relay events.

Grit Breuer

Grit Breuer, 22 July 1989 (right)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul 4 × 400 m relay
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta 4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
1997 Athens4 × 400 m relay
1991 Tokyo400 m
2001 Edmonton 4 × 400 m relay
1991 Tokyo 4 × 100 m relay
1991 Tokyo4 × 400 m relay
1999 Seville4 × 400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
1991 Seville4 × 400 m relay
1999 Maebashi400 m
1991 Seville200 m
1997 Paris4 × 400 m relay
2003 Birmingham400 m

She has received injuries as a result of her sports competition, including a slipped disk in her back and a ligament in her knee. She has also been involved in drugs-related controversy. In 1992 she received a two-year ban from the sport after admitting she had taken clenbuterol. In 2004, she was accused of skipping a drug test in South Africa, but she was cleared on a technicality. She has won two Olympic bronze medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay. Her first was in 1988 competing for East Germany, when she ran in the heats but not the final and the second was in 1996.[1]

Sports accomplishments
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  East Germany
1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 1st 400 m 51.24
1st 4 × 100 m relay 43.48
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.39
Olympic Games Seoul 3rd 4 × 400 m relay N/A[n 1]
1989 World Cup Barcelona, Spain 2nd 400 m 50.67
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:23.97
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 1st 400 m 49.50
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:21.02
Representing  Germany
1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 3rd 200 m 22.58
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.22
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 2nd 400 m 49.42
3rd 4×100 m relay 42.33
3rd 4×400 m relay 3:21.25
1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden 1st 400 m 50.89
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 3rd 4×400 m relay 3:21.14
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 3rd 4×400 m relay 3:28.39
World Championships Athens, Greece 1st 4×400 m relay 3:20.92
1998 European Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 1st 400 m 50.45
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 400 m 49.93
World Cup Johannesburg, South Africa 2nd 400 m 49.86
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:24.26
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 1st 400 m 50.80
World Championships Seville, Spain 3rd 4×400 m relay 3:22.43
2004 Summer Olympics Athens, Greece heats 4×400 m relay 3:27.75
  1. She ran the heats, but not the finals

See also
  • Doping cases in athletics

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Grit Breuer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2018.


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