Cornelia Oschkenat
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athlete and Olympics participant, who represented East Germany. At the 1987 world athletics championship in Rome she won bronze in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 12.46s as well as silver medal as a member of the East German 4x100 meter relay team along with Silke Gladisch, Kerstin Behrendt
Kerstin Behrendt
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und Marlies Göhr
Marlies Göhr
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). She competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin
SC Dynamo Berlin
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/ Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo.
Other results in the 100 m hurdles
- 1982, European championship: eliminated in the preliminary round
- 1983, World championship: 7th place (12.95 s)
- 1986, European championship: Silver medal (12.55 s)
- 1988, Olympic Summer Games in Seoul: 8th place (13.73 s)
- 1990, European championship: 4th place (12.94 s)
She was unable to participate in the 1984 Olympic summer games in Los Angeles because of her country's boycott of the games.
Oschkenat represented the Dynamo Berlin sport club. During her career she was 1.76 meters tall and weighed 65 kilograms.