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Brigitte Wujak

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Brigitte Wujak

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow Long jump

Brigitte Wujak, née Künzel (born 6 March 1955 in Karl-Marx-Stadt) is a retired long jumper who represented East Germany with the SC Dynamo Berlin.

She won the silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow with a personal best jump of 7.04 metres. This was the German record at the time, and remained her career best jump. The result places her fourth on the German all-time performers list, behind Heike Drechsler, Helga Radtke and Sabine Paetz.[1]

She finished seventh at the 1982 European Championships, and retired after the 1984 season. She competed for the sports club SC Dynamo Berlin during her active career.

References

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  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brigitte Wujak". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Women's Long Jump Best Year Performance
1979
Succeeded by