Petra Pfaff

Petra Pfaff ( born October 16, 1960 in Hoyerswerda ) is a former German athlete who had - starting for the GDR - was among the world leaders in the 400 - meter hurdles in the early 1980s.

Her biggest success is the third place at the World Championships in 1980 in 55.84 s At the European Championships in 1982 she finished second in 54.90 s Your personal best of 54.64 seconds at the World Championships in 1983 marked the fourth place with 0.11 seconds behind bronze.

In 1980, she won her only East German championship titles over the hurdles, 1979, 1981, 1983 and 1984, she was second. She was also in 1980 at the 4-by- 400 - meter relay DDR Champion. Petra Pfaff competed for the SC Cottbus. In her competition time, she was 1.72 m tall and weighed 58 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 Pfaff.