Alina Astafei
Alina Astafei - Kreißig (until 1995 Galina Astafei; born June 7, 1969 in Bucharest ) is a former high jumper who competed for Romania and then to Germany first.
Career
Even as a junior Astafei 1988 was moved up in the series of two-meter jumpers; perform at their best outdoors of 2.01 m in 1995, it achieved it twice: in Woerrstadt on 27 May and 3 July in Paris. Astafeis indoor best performance is 2.04 m. Her greatest success in the Olympic Games is the silver medal in Barcelona in 1992, where she jumped over 2.00 m.
For political and personal reasons, she left her native country. On January 9, 1995, she was awarded by the Romanian Athletics Federation release for dressing changes. Since 1 March 1995, holds German citizenship. About a week later, she was World Indoor Champion with skipped 2.01 m in Barcelona. In the outdoor world championships, which were aligned in the same year in Gothenburg, she won silver with 1.99 m. 1995 ( 1.98 m) and 1996 (1.94 m) was Astafei first time German champion. You could win again this item 1998 ( 1.88 m) and 2001 (1.84 m). Alina Astafei launched in Germany for the USC Mainz (1995-97 ), and the MTG Mannheim (from 1998; Coach: Dan Vlădescu ). She is 1.81 m tall and weighed about 62 kg competition times.
Private
Astafei has a child from his first marriage with the Romanian national volleyball player Alin Stavariu and is married to his second wife with the judge and former high jumper Wolfgang Kreißig, with whom she has two children. She lives in Stuttgart. Astafeis father is the former Romanian record holder in the pole vault, Petre Astafei. Her brother Petre was rugby player at Rapid Bucharest Metrorex and was shot at the age of 22 years during the Romanian Revolution in December 1989.