Birgit Friedmann

Birgit Friedmann ( born April 8, 1960 in Königstein im Taunus) is a former German athlete who had - starting for the Federal Republic of Germany - 1980 World Champion in the 3000 -meter run was ( 8:48,1 min).

They thus won the first German world championship in athletics and is the first world champion in a classic Olympic sport of athletics in general. At the 1980 Summer Olympics the 3000 -meter run and the 400 - meter hurdles of the women was not yet part of the program. Instead found the World Athletics Championships held in 1980 in these two disciplines. These World Championships were the first official World Championships for women in classic Olympic disciplines of athletics after were held in the Cross Country World Championships since 1973. Since 1984, the 3,000 -meter run and the 400-meter Hüdenlauf first stood on the Olympic program for these World Championships were a singularity with two competitions.

Birgit Friedmann also launched at the European Championships in 1978 and 1982: in 1978 she gave up in the 3000 -meter finals; In 1982, she was eleventh in the 1500 meter run ( 4:14,66 min) and fifth in the 3,000 -meter run ( 8:43,65 min).

She started for Eintracht Frankfurt. In her playing days, she was 1.66 m tall and weighed 51 kg.