German sprinter
Birgit Rockmeier
Full name Birgit Rockmeier Born (1973-11-29 ) 29 November 1973 (age 51) Moosburg a.d. Isar , West GermanyHeight 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Country Germany Sport Athletics Event(s) 100 m , 200 m , 400 m Personal bests 60 metres : 7.34 (Halle/Saale; January 1999) 100 metres : 11.33 (Bochum; July 2005) 200 metres : 22.90 (Stuttgart; July 2001) 400 metres : 51.45 (Dortmund; July 2000)
Birgit Rockmeier (born 29 November 1973 in Moosburg ) is a former German sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres .
Rockmeier's personal best time is 22.90 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Stuttgart . She represented the sports club LG Olympia Dortmund and is the twin sister of Gabi Rockmeier .
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing West Germany 1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv , Bulgaria 3rd (h)[ 1] 4 × 100 m relay 44.95 Representing Germany 1991 European Junior Championships Thessaloniki , Greece 1st 4 × 100 m relay 44.46 1992 World Junior Championships Seoul , South Korea 3rd 4 × 100 m relay 44.52 1994 European Championships Helsinki , Finland 20th (h) 200 m 23.89 (wind: -0.3 m/s) 1997 World Championships Athens , Greece 4th 4 × 100 m relay 42.44 1998 European Indoor Championships Valencia , Spain 4th 200 m[ 2] 23.24 European Championships Munich , Germany 2nd 4 × 100 m relay 42.68 World Cup Johannesburg , South Africa 3rd 4 × 100 m relay 42.81 1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi , Japan 6th 200 m 23.74 2000 European Indoor Championships Ghent , Belgium 4th 200 m[ 3] 23.29 2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon , Portugal 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.00 World Championships Edmonton , Canada 1st 4 × 100 m relay 42.32 2002 European Championships Munich , Germany 8th 400 m 52.91 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:25.10 World Cup Madrid , Spain 5th 4 × 100 m relay 43.36 6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.09 2003 World Championships Paris , France 4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:26.25
1983 : Silke Gladisch , Marita Koch , Ingrid Auerswald , Marlies Oelsner-Göhr (GDR) 1987 : Alice Brown , Diane Williams , Florence Griffith Joyner , Pam Marshall (USA) 1991 : Dahlia Duhaney , Juliet Cuthbert , Beverly McDonald , Merlene Ottey , Merlene Frazer (JAM) 1993 : Olga Bogoslovskaya , Galina Malchugina , Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova , Irina Privalova , Marina Trandenkova (RUS) 1995 : Celena Mondie-Milner , Carlette Guidry , Chryste Gaines , Gwen Torrence , D'Andre Hill (USA) 1997 : Chryste Gaines , Marion Jones , Inger Miller , Gail Devers (USA) 1999 : Savatheda Fynes , Chandra Sturrup , Pauline Davis-Thompson , Debbie Ferguson , Eldece Clarke-Lewis (BAH) 2001 : Melanie Paschke , Gabi Rockmeier , Birgit Rockmeier , Marion Wagner (GER) 2003 : Patricia Girard-Léno , Muriel Hurtis , Sylviane Félix , Christine Arron (FRA) 2005 : Angela Daigle , Muna Lee , Me'Lisa Barber , Lauryn Williams (USA) 2007 : Lauryn Williams , Allyson Felix , Mikele Barber , Torri Edwards , Carmelita Jeter , Mechelle Lewis (USA) 2009 : Simone Facey , Shelly-Ann Fraser , Aleen Bailey , Kerron Stewart (JAM) 2011 : Bianca Knight , Allyson Felix , Marshevet Myers , Carmelita Jeter , Shalonda Solomon , Alexandria Anderson (USA) 2013 : Carrie Russell , Kerron Stewart , Schillonie Calvert , Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce , Sheri-Ann Brooks (JAM) 2015 : Veronica Campbell Brown , Natasha Morrison , Elaine Thompson , Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce , Sherone Simpson , Kerron Stewart (JAM) 2017 : Aaliyah Brown , Allyson Felix , Morolake Akinosun , Tori Bowie , Ariana Washington (USA) 2019 : Natalliah Whyte , Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce , Jonielle Smith , Shericka Jackson , Natasha Morrison (JAM) 2022 : Melissa Jefferson , Abby Steiner , Jenna Prandini , Twanisha Terry , Aleia Hobbs (USA) 2023 : Tamari Davis , Twanisha Terry , Gabrielle Thomas , Sha'Carri Richardson , Tamara Clark , Melissa Jefferson (USA)
1969 : Great Britain (Stirling , Lowe , Simpson , Board ) 1971 : East Germany (Kühne , Lohse , Seidler , Zehrt ) 1974 : East Germany (Rohde , Dietsch , Handt , Streidt ) 1978 : East Germany (Marquardt , Krug , Brehmer , Koch ) 1982 : East Germany (Siemon , Busch , Rübsam , Koch ) 1986 : East Germany (Siemon , Busch , Müller , Koch ) 1990 : East Germany (Derr , Hesselbarth , Müller , Breuer ) 1994 : France (Landre , Elien , Dorsile , Pérec ) 1998 : Germany (Feller , Rohländer , Rieger , Breuer ) 2002 : Germany (Ekpo-Umoh , Rockmeier , Marx , Breuer ) 2006 : Russia (Pospelova , Ivanova , Zaytseva , Veshkurova ) 2010 : Germany (Lindenberg , Cremer , Kohlmann , Hoffmann ) 2012 : Ukraine (Olishevska , Zemlyak , Pyhyda , Lohvynenko ) 2014 : France (Gayot , Hurtis , Raharolahy , Gueï ) 2016 : Great Britain (Diamond , Onuora , Doyle , Bundy-Davies ) 2018 : Poland (Hołub-Kowalik , Baumgart-Witan , Wyciszkiewicz , Święty-Ersetic ) 2022 : Netherlands (Saalberg , Klaver , Bol , De Witte ) 2024 : Netherlands (Klaver , Peeters , De Witte , Bol )