Sabine Busch
Sabine Busch in the GDR Championships 1986
Sabine Busch ( born November 21, 1962 in Erfurt) is a former German athlete who had - was in the 400 - meter dash and the 400 - meter hurdles successfully - to 1990 starting for the GDR. She became world champion three times - in 1983 and 1987 with the 4 x 400 - meter relay in the GDR and 1987 on the hurdle track.
Life
It was at the European Championships 1982 Fourth in the 400 -meter run and - in world record time - European Champion with the 4 x 400 - meter relay. The following year, the first World Championships were held, where she won with the East German squadron. The 400 -meter hurdles in 1984 for the first time included in the Olympic program, but where they could not start because of the boycott of the games by the GDR. In September 1985, she set a world record in the 400 - meter hurdles at ( 53.55 s ). On the flat route, it was 1985 and 1986 European Indoor champion. At the European Championships in 1986 she won silver over the hurdles and gold with the 4 x 400 - meter relay.
In 1987 she became World Indoor Champion in the 400 -meter run. In the summer she turned over the hurdles in 53.24 s a German record. At the World Championships in Rome, she won gold over the hurdles and with the East German squadron. At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, she was a third party with the 4 x 400 - meter relay and fourth in the hurdles. At the World Championships 1991, she retired from in between running the obstacle course.
Sabine Busch competed for the SC Turbine Erfurt and coached at Eberhard König. In her competition time, she was 1.80 m tall and weighed 66 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 the bush.