Sabine Zwiener

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Sabine Zwiener
Personal information
Born (1967-12-05) 5 December 1967 (age 56)
Sontheim, West Germany[1]
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event800 metres
ClubSV Neckarsulm
LG VfB/Kickers Stuttgart

Sabine Beate Zwiener (born 5 December 1967, in Sontheim) is a retired German middle-distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres.[2] She won the gold medal at the 1988 European Indoor Championships and silver at the 1990 European Indoor Championships. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1993 World Championships.

Her personal bests in the event are 1:59.33 outdoors (Düsseldorf 1988) and 2:01.19 indoors (Budapest 1988).[3]

International competitions[edit]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  West Germany
1985 European Junior Championships Cottbus, East Germany 3rd 400 m hurdles 57.78
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.67
1988 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st 800 m 2:01.19
1990 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 2nd 800 m 2:02.23
Representing  Germany
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 13th (sf) 800 m 2:02.64
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 13th (sf) 800 m 2:00.77

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