Kerstin Knabe

Kerstin boy, born Claus (* July 7, 1959 in Oschatz ) is a former German track and field athlete and Olympian, who - starting for the GDR - won the silver medal in the 100 - meter hurdles at the World Championships in 1983.

Life

Boy was already successful early over the hurdles. She was three times the 1973 GDR student champion in 1974 to fourth place in the youth competitions of friendship and in 1975 Spartakiadesiegerin WJB and third in the youth competitions of friendship. At the Junior European Championships 1977, she won gold over the hurdles and the 4 x 100 - meter relay.

At the World Cup in 1979 reached the third place boy and at the Olympic Games in Moscow in fourth place ( 12.66 s ). In 1981, she was at the European Cup and the World Cup each second. The following year she became European Indoor champion in the 60 meter hurdles and she won the European Championships in Athens with a personal best of 12.54 s the bronze medal. At the European Indoor Championships in 1983, she won silver.

Her biggest success was achieved by a boy in 1983, when she became vice world champion in Rome. With 12.42 s she ran the fastest time of her career, but the wind assistance was too large. At the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, she was unable to attend because of the boycott of the GDR. In 1986, she won the bronze medal at the European Indoor Championships. At the European Championships in Stuttgart the same year she won the fourth place ( 12.82 s ). At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 did not reach the finals

Kerstin Knabe competed for the SC DHfK Leipzig. She was discovered by Karl Beautiful. From 1973 to 1976 she was trained by Karin Balzer. In her competition time, she was 1.80 m tall and weighed 70 kg. In the becoming public knowledge after the fall of documents to the state doping in the GDR was found in the doped athletes also the name of a boy. She is a trained commercial clerk, and worked as a beautician.