Hildrun Claus
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Hildrun Claus at the 1960 Olympics | ||||||||||
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| Born |
13 May 1939 Dresden, Germany | |||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||
| Event(s) | Long jump | |||||||||
| Club | SC Dynamo Berlin | |||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 6.48 m (1964) | |||||||||
Medal record
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Hildrun Claus (born 13 May 1939) is a former East German athlete. She competed in the long jump at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and finished in third and seventh place, respectively.[1]
Claus was born in Dresden, but later moved to East Berlin. She won East German championships in the long jump in 1957–1962 and 1964, and set three world records (6.36 m and 6.40 m in 1960 and 6.42 m in 1961). She married Peter Laufer, a German Olympic pole vaulter, and at the 1964 Games competed as Hildrun Laufer-Claus. She has a degree of a landscape designer. In 1995 she was paralyzed as a result of a sports-related accident.[1]
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