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Rosemarie Ackermann
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German former high jumper
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rosemarie
- Family name
- Ackermann
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- German Democratic Republic
- Place of birth
- Lohsa
- Occupation
- high jumper
- Languages spoken
- German
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- German Democratic Republic
- Mass
- 72
- Image
- Rosemarie Ackermann (1976).jpg
- Height
- 1.79
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- Commons category
- Rosemarie Ackermann
- date of birth
- 1952-04-04
- sports discipline competed in
- high jump
- record held
- Women's high jump world record progression
- name in native language
- Rosemarie Ackermann
- birth name
- Rosemarie Witschas
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Encyclopedic overview
Rosemarie "Rosi" Ackermann (née Witschas; born 4 April 1952) is a German former high jumper, Olympic champion and multiple world record holder. In Berlin on 26 August 1977, she became the first female high jumper to clear a height of two metres.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rosemarie Ackermann” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.