Anja Rücker

German sprinter

Anja Rücker (born 20 December 1972) is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

Rücker was born in Bad Lobenstein, Bezirk Gera. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay with her teammates Uta Rohländer, Linda Kisabaka and Grit Breuer. Her personal best time is 49.74 seconds, achieved at the 1999 World Championships in Seville.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing East Germany
1989	European Junior Championships	Varaždin, Yugoslavia	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.38
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	8th	400m	54.16
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.37
Representing Germany
1991	European Junior Championships	Thessaloniki, Greece	2nd	400 m	52.73
1991	European Junior Championships	Thessaloniki, Greece	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.24
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:26.37
1992	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	6th	400 m	53.81
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.49
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	400m	51.85
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.10
	World Cup	London, England	8th	400 m	54.21
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:21.14
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	3rd	4 × 400 m relay^[1]	3:28.39
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.92
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	4th	4 × 400 m relay^[2]	3:29.06
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	2nd	400 m	49.74
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:22.43

References

^ 1997 World Indoor Championships, women's 4x400 m relay final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
^ 1999 World Indoor Championships, women's 4x400 m relay final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite

External links

Anja Rücker at World Athletics

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World champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay

1983: Kerstin Walther, Sabine Busch, Marita Koch, Dagmar Rübsam, Undine Bremer, Ellen Fiedler (GDR)
1987: Dagmar Neubauer, Kirsten Emmelmann, Petra Müller, Sabine Busch, Cornelia Ullrich (GDR)
1991: Tatyana Ledovskaya, Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova, Olga Nazarova, Olha Bryzhina, Anna Chuprina (URS)
1993: Gwen Torrence, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Natasha Kaiser, Jearl Miles, Terri Dendy, Michelle Collins (USA)
1995: Kim Graham, Rochelle Stevens, Camara Jones, Jearl Miles, Nicole Green (USA)
1997: Anke Feller, Uta Rohländer, Anja Rücker, Grit Breuer (GER)
1999: Tatyana Chebykina, Svetlana Goncharenko, Olga Kotlyarova, Natalya Nazarova, Natalya Sharova, Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS)
2001: Sandie Richards, Catherine Scott-Pomales, Debbie-Ann Parris, Lorraine Fenton, Michelle Burgher, Deon Hemmings (JAM)
2003: Demetria Washington, Jearl Miles Clark, Me'Lisa Barber, Sanya Richards, DeeDee Trotter (USA)
2005: Yuliya Pechonkina, Olesya Krasnomovets, Natalya Antyukh, Svetlana Pospelova, Tatyana Firova, Olesya Zykina (RUS)
2007: DeeDee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Mary Wineberg, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan, Natasha Hastings (USA)
2009: Debbie Dunn, Allyson Felix, Lashinda Demus, Sanya Richards, Natasha Hastings, Jessica Beard (USA)
2011: Sanya Richards-Ross, Allyson Felix, Jessica Beard, Francena McCorory, Natasha Hastings, Keshia Baker (USA)
2013: Jessica Beard, Natasha Hastings, Ashley Spencer, Francena McCorory, Joanna Atkins (USA)
2015: Christine Day, Shericka Jackson, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Novlene Williams-Mills, Anastasia Le-Roy, Chrisann Gordon (JAM)
2017: Quanera Hayes, Allyson Felix, Shakima Wimbley, Phyllis Francis, Kendall Ellis, Natasha Hastings (USA)
2019: Phyllis Francis, Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad, Wadeline Jonathas, Jessica Beard, Allyson Felix, Kendall Ellis, Courtney Okolo (USA)
2022: Talitha Diggs, Abby Steiner, Britton Wilson, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Kaylin Whitney, Allyson Felix, Jaide Stepter Baynes (USA)
2023: Eveline Saalberg, Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters, Femke Bol, Lisanne de Witte (NED)

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