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Carla Bodendorf

Carla Bodendorf
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Carla Bodendorf in 1978
Personal information
Born 13 August 1953 (1953-08-13) (age 63)
Eilsleben, Germany
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport Sprint running
Club SC Magdeburg

Carla Bodendorf (née Rietig on 13 August 1953) is a retired East German sprint runner who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics; individually she finished 4th in the 200 meters. She won two bronze medals in these events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships.

She was part of two East German 4×100 relay teams that held the world record for three years from 1976 to 1979.

After retiring from competitions, Bodendorf worked as a sports teacher, and then became a politician and project manager at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Saxony-Anhalt. She is married to Jürgen Bodendorf, a long and triple jumper and a football coach.



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