Siegrun Siegl, née Thon (born 29 October 1954 in Apolda

Apolda

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, Thuringia

Thuringia

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) is a retired East German athlete who specialized 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 later long jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

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She finished fourth in pentathlon at the 1974 European Championships

1974 European Championships in Athletics

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. On 19 May 1976 she broke the world record

World records in athletics

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 in long jump with 6.99 metres in Dresden

Dresden

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. She only finished fifth in this event at the 1976 Montreal Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

, but won the gold medal in pentathlon.

After this she concentrated on the long jump only. She won the 1979 European Indoor Championships

1979 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

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 and finished fifth at the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

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. However, 6.99 m remained her career best jump, and today this places her seventh 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, Brigitte Wujak

Brigitte Wujak

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

, Birgit Großhennig

Birgit Großhennig

Birgit Großhennig is a retired East German athlete.She competed in the high jump at the European Junior Championships in 1981 and 1983, finishing fourth both times...

 and Susen Tiedtke

Susen Tiedtke

Susen Tiedtke is a German former long jumper, who took part in two editions of the Summer Olympics and won a silver and a bronze medal at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics in 1993 and 1995 respectively.Tiedtke represented Germany in the long jump at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where...

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She competed for the sports club SC Turbine Erfurt during her active career.