Kristine Nitzsche is a retired East German athlete who competed in the pentathlon

Women's pentathlon

The pentathlon is a sports contest made up of five events . The women's pentathlon was contested in the Olympics from 1964 until 1980, and it was replaced in the 1984 Games with the heptathlon. It had a different set of events than the ancient Olympic pentathlon...

 and high jump

High jump

The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

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She won both events at the 1977 European Junior Championships. At the 1978 European Championships

1978 European Championships in Athletics

The 12th European Athletics Championships were held from 29 August to 3 September 1978 in Prague, the capital city of Czechoslovakia.-Track:1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |-Field:1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |-Track:1971 |1974 |1978 |1982 |1986 |...

 she won the bronze medal in the pentathlon and finished eleventh in the high jump.

She represented the sports team SC Cottbus and won the silver medal at the 1979 East German championships. Her personal best jump was 1.95 metres, achieved in July 1979 in Schielleiten. She won the Hochsprung mit Musik

Hochsprung mit Musik

The Hochsprung mit Musik is an annual indoor high jump meeting which takes place in February in Arnstadt, Germany. First held in 1977, the meeting began as a competition between mainly East German athletes...

in 1979 with a then meet record of 1.86 m.