East German hurdler

Bettine Jahn (née Gärtz, born 3 August 1958 in Magdeburg) is an East German former athlete. She competed in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Biography

She won the 100-meter hurdles at the 1983 World Championship in Helsinki. She set an indoor world record for the 60 meter hurdles in 1983 and won a gold medal at the World Track and Field Championships in Helsinki, Finland. She is still the German record holder for the 100 meter hurdles with 12.42:s.

She married in January 1983 and was initially referred to as Bettine Jahn-Gärtz in the media but later Bettine Jahn.

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