Andrea Philipp

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Andrea Philipp
Personal information
Born29 July 1971 (1971-07-29) (age 52)
Bützow, East Germany
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Seville 200 metres
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 Budapest 4 x 100 metres

Andrea Philipp (born 29 July 1971) is a retired German sprinter. A three-time Olympian, she won a bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 1999 World Championships (tied with Merlene Frazer), and a gold medal in the 100 metres at the 1990 World Junior Championships.

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Biography

Born in Bützow, her personal best time in the 200 metres is 22.25 seconds, achieved during the heats of the 1999 World Championships in Seville. This places her eighth on the German all-time list, behind Marita Koch, Heike Drechsler, Marlies Göhr, Silke Gladisch, Bärbel Wöckel, Katrin Krabbe and Gesine Walther. [1] In the 100 metres she has a personal best time of 11.05 seconds, achieved in June 1997 in Dortmund.

She competed for the clubs Schweriner SC, TV Schriesheim and LG Olympia Dortmund during her active career.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 1st100 m 11.36 (wind: +0.9 m/s)
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain15th (sf)60 m7.47
World Championships Tokyo, Japan28th (qf)100 m11.80
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy9th (sf)60 m7.37
Olympic Games [2] Barcelona, Spain24th (qf)100 m11.67
5th4 × 100 m relay43.12
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 5th4 × 100 m relay 42.79
1996 Olympic Games [2] Atlanta, United States16th (qf)100 m11.38
DNF (h)4 × 100 m relay
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 4th4 × 100 m relay 42.44
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd4 × 100 m relay 42.68
World Cup Johannesburg, South Africa 6th100 m11.25
3rd4 × 100 m relay42.81
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan11th (sf)60 m7.17
World Championships Seville, Spain 3rd200 m22.26
5th4 × 100 m relay42.63
2000 Olympic Games [2] Sydney, Australia 6th 4 × 100 m relay 43.11

(#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) quarterfinals (qf) or semifinals (sf).

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References

  1. ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics](PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.
  2. 1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrea Philipp". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Full name: Andrea Philipp (-Ziercke)