Christina Sussiek is a retired athlete who represented West Germany

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

. She specialized in sprints

Sprint (race)

Sprints are short running events in athletics and track and field. Races over short distances are among the oldest running competitions. The first 13 editions of the Ancient Olympic Games featured only one event—the stadion race, which was a race from one end of the stadium to the other...

 and long jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

, and competed for the club LG Bayer Leverkusen.

At the German Outdoor Championships 1980 she finished second in the 100 and 200 metres races both times only narrowly and after fierce battles vanquished by the invincible olympic champion Annegret Richter

Annegret Richter

Annegret Richter is a German athlete and the 1976 Olympic 100 m champion....

.

On 30 January 1981 in Dortmund

Dortmund

Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....

 she ran a new world record

World records in athletics

World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking....

 of 3:34,38 minutes in 4 x 400 metres relay

4 x 400 metres relay

The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...

 with the West German national team. The team consisted of Heidi-Elke Gaugel, Christina Sussiek, Christiane Brinkmann

Christiane Brinkmann

Christiane Brinkmann is a retired athlete who represented West Germany. She specialized in the 400 metres sprint and ran for the club LG Bayer Leverkusen....

 and Gaby Bußmann.

Sussiek finished fifth in long jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

 at the 1981 European Indoor Championships

1981 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

The 12th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Grenoble, a city in France, in 1981. It was the second time the championships were held in Grenoble.-Track:-Field:-Medal table:-External links:* at GBRathletics.com* at GBRathletics.com...

 and won a bronze medal in 200 metres

200 metres

A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

 at the 1983 European Indoor Championships

1983 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

The 14th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, in 1983.-Track:-Field:-Medal table:-External links:* at GBRathletics.com* at GBRathletics.com*...

. In addition she competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

 (4x400 m relay), the 1983 World Championships

1983 World Championships in Athletics

The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14, 1983....

 (long jump) and the 1988 European Indoor Championships

1988 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

The 19th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, in 1988.- Track :- Field :- Medal table :- External links :* at GBRathletics.com* at GBRathletics.com*...

 (400 metres

400 metres

The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...

) without success.