Carla Bodendorf in 1978
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Born |
13 August 1953 (age 63) Eilsleben, Germany |
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Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Sprint running | ||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Magdeburg | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.