Bärbel Podeswa, née Weidlich (born 8 December 1946 in Naumburg

Naumburg

Naumburg is a town in Germany, on the Saale River. It is in the district Burgenlandkreis in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. It is approximately southwest of Leipzig, south-southwest of Halle, and north-northeast of Jena....

) is a retired East German hurdler

100 metres hurdles

The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...

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She won the silver medal in 50 m hurdles at the 1968 European Indoor Games

1968 European Indoor Games

The 3rd European Indoor Games were held in 1968 at Palacio de Deportes, Madrid, the capital of Spain.-Track:-Field:-Medal table:-External links:* at GBRathletics.com* at GBRathletics.com...

, behind Karin Balzer

Karin Balzer

Karin Balzer is a former East German hurdler, one of the best in high hurdles event during the 1960s.She was born Karin Richert in Magdeburg, and competed in several track and field events when she was young...

. At the 1969 European Championships

1969 European Championships in Athletics

The 9th European Athletics Championships were held from 16 September to 21 September 1969 in the Karaiskaki Stadium of Athens, the capital of Greece. New at these championships were the women's 1,500 metres and the women's 4x400 metres relay event....

 she won a silver medal in the 100 m hurdles as well as a gold medal in 4x100 metres relay, together with teammates Renate Meißner, Regina Höfer

Regina Höfer

Regina Höfer, née Pippig is a retired East German athlete who specialized in the 100 metres and 100 metres hurdles.She competed in 80 metres hurdles at the 1966 European Championships without reaching the final...

 and Petra Vogt.

She competed for the club SC Chemie Halle during her active career.