East German long jumper
Hildrun Laufer-Claus
Hildrun Claus at the 1960 Olympics |
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Born | (1939-05-13) 13 May 1939 (age 85) Dresden, Germany |
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Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
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Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
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Sport | Athletics |
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Event | Long jump |
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Club | SC Dynamo Berlin |
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Personal best | 6.48 m (1964) |
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Hildrun Laufer-Claus (née Claus; born 13 May 1939) is a former East German athlete. She competed in the long jump at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and finished in third and seventh place, respectively.[1]
Claus was born in Dresden, but later moved to East Berlin. She won East German championships in the long jump in 1957–1962 and 1964, and set three world records (6.36 m and 6.40 m in 1960 and 6.42 m in 1961). She married Peter Laufer, a German Olympic pole vaulter, and at the 1964 Games competed as Hildrun Laufer-Claus. She has a degree of a landscape designer. In 1995 she was paralyzed as a result of a sports-related accident.[1]
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