Birgit Großhennig is a retired East German athlete.

She competed in the 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....

 at the European Junior Championships in 1981 and 1983, finishing fourth both times. She recorded her personal best, 1.88 metres, in 1981.

She is better known for her achievements in the long jump, in which she achieved a career best of 7.00 metres in June 1984 in Berlin. This jump is the second longest by a junior athlete (under 20 years old) in history
and places her fifth on the German all-time performers list, behind Heike Drechsler

Heike Drechsler

Heike Gabriela Drechsler née Daute is a German track and field athlete. She is one of the most successful female long jumpers of all time and also had several successes in sprint disciplines.She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump...

, Helga Radtke

Helga Radtke

Helga Radtke is a German track and field athlete. She competed from 1979 up until the 1990’s in the long and triple jumps. Until 1990 she represented East Germany...

, Sabine Paetz and Brigitte Wujak

Brigitte Wujak

Brigitte Wujak, née Künzel is a retired long jumper who represented East Germany with the SC Dynamo Berlin....

. It also secures a place on the all-time top list for senior athletes.

She competed for the sports club SC Magdeburg

SC Magdeburg

SC Magdeburg is a German multi-sports club located in the city of Magdeburg, which offers athletics, canoeing, gymnastics, rowing, swimming and team handball. Historically, the club has also had a water polo section as well as a football section that was separated that as 1. FC Magdeburg in 1965...

during her active career.