Susanne Beyer

Susanne Beyer (b. helmet; * June 24, 1961 in Suhl ) is a German track and field athlete who - starting for the GDR - was in the 1980s, a world leader in the high jump.

Life

She skipped 1987 as the first woman in the GDR in the hall the magical height of 2.00 meters in the high jump with traditional music in Arnstadt, and thus improved the five -year-old record of Andrea Bienias by one centimeter. Thus, it was the third high jumper in the world that skipped the two- meter mark in the hall.

Her greatest success in the open is the third place at the 1987 World Championships in Rome with a personal best of 1.99 m. In addition, she won the World Indoor Championships 1987 Silver (2.02 m) and at the European Indoor Championships 1985 Silver (1.97 m) and 1987 bronze (1.91 m).

More launches at international highlights:

• World Championships 1983: 7th place (1.88 m; Qualification: 1.90 m)
• European Cup 1985: 3rd place (1.96 m)
• World Cup 1985: 3rd place (1.97 m)
• European Championships 1986: 4th place (1.90 m)

1983, 1985 and 1987, she became the GDR champion, in the hall, she won in 1984 and 1987 Susanne Beyer launched ( Coach: Klaus Beer) for the SC Dynamo Berlin.. In her playing days, the 1.76 m tall athlete weighing 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 Beyer.