Grit Breuer

Grit Breuer

Grit Breuer, 22.7.1989 (right)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing East Germany
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	4 × 400 m relay
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
	1997 Athens	4 × 400 m relay
	1991 Tokyo	400 m
	2001 Edmonton	4 × 400 m relay
	1991 Tokyo	4 × 100 m relay
	1991 Tokyo	4 × 400 m relay
	1999 Seville	4 × 400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
	1991 Sevilla	4 × 400 m relay
	1999 Maebashi	400 m
	1991 Sevilla	200 m
	1997 Paris	4 × 400 m relay
	2003 Birmingham	400 m

Grit Breuer (born 16 February 1972 in Röbel) is a former German athlete, who competed in the women's 200 metres, 400 metres, 4×100 m relay, and 4×400 m relay events.

She has received injuries as a result of her sports competition, including a slipped disk in her back and a ligament in her knee. She has also been involved in drugs-related controversy. In 1992 she received a two-year ban from the sport after admitting she had taken clenbuterol. In 2004 she was accused of skipping a drug test in South Africa, but she was cleared on a technicality. She has won two Olympic bronze medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay. Her first was in 1988 competing for East Germany, when she ran in the heats but not the final and the second was in 1996.

Sports accomplishments

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing East Germany
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	1st	400 m	51.24
			1st	4x100 m relay	43.48
			1st	4x400 m relay	3:28.39
1989	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	400 m	50.67
			2nd	4x400 m relay	3:23.97
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	1st	400 m	49.50
			1st	4x400 m relay	3:21.02
Representing Germany
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	3rd	200 m	22.58
			1st	4x400 m relay	3:27.22
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	400 m	49.42
			3rd	4×100 m relay	42.33
			3rd	4×400 m relay	3:21.25
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	1st	400 m	50.89
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	3rd	4×400 m relay	3:21.14
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	3rd	4×400 m relay	3:28.39
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	1st	4×400 m relay	3:20.92
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	1st	400 m	50.45
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	400 m	49.93
	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	2nd	400 m	49.86
			1st	4x400 m relay	3:24.26
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	1st	400 m	50.80
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	3rd	4×400 m relay	3:22.43
2004	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	heats	4×400 m relay	3:27.75

See also

• Doping cases in athletics

References

• East Germany's Doping Legacy Returns
• Grit Breuer at World Athletics
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Grit Breuer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2013-10-30.