Anja Rücker

German sprinter

Anja Rücker
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Germany
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place	1994 Helsinki	×ばつ_400_metres_relay" title="1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 ×ばつ 400 metres relay">×ばつ400 m

Anja Rücker (born 20 December 1972) is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

Rücker was born in Bad Lobenstein, Bezirk Gera. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, she won a bronze medal in the 4 ×ばつ 400 metres relay with her teammates Uta Rohländer, Linda Kisabaka and Grit Breuer. Her personal best time is 49.74 seconds, achieved at the 1999 World Championships in Seville.

Achievements

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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing East Germany
1989	European Junior Championships	Varaždin, Yugoslavia	1st	4 ×ばつ 400 m relay	3:33.38
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	8th	400 m	54.16
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	4th	4 ×ばつ 400 m relay	×ばつ_400_metres_relay" title="1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 ×ばつ 400 metres relay">3:32.37
Representing Germany
1991	European Junior Championships	Thessaloniki, Greece	2nd	400 m	52.73
1991	European Junior Championships	Thessaloniki, Greece	1st	4 ×ばつ 400 m relay	3:35.24
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	6th	4 ×ばつ 400 m relay	×ばつ_400_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 ×ばつ 400 metres relay">3:26.37
1992	World Cup	Havana, Cuba	6th	400 m	53.81
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	5th	×ばつ_400_metres_relay" title="1993 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 ×ばつ 400 metres relay">4 ×ばつ 400 m relay	3:25.49
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	400 m	51.85
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	4 ×ばつ 400 m relay	×ばつ_400_metres_relay" title="1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's 4 ×ばつ 400 metres relay">3:24.10
	World Cup	London, England	8th	400 m	54.21
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	3rd	×ばつ_400_metres_relay" title="Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 ×ばつ 400 metres relay">4 ×ばつ 400 m relay	3:21.14
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	3rd	4 ×ばつ 400 m relay^[1]	×ばつ_400_metres_relay" title="1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 ×ばつ 400 metres relay">3:28.39
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	1st	×ばつ_400_metres_relay" title="1997 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 ×ばつ 400 metres relay">4 ×ばつ 400 m relay	3:20.92
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	4th	4 ×ばつ 400 m relay^[2]	×ばつ_400_metres_relay" title="1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 4 ×ばつ 400 metres relay">3:29.06
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	2nd	400 m	49.74
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	3rd	×ばつ_400_metres_relay" title="1999 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 4 ×ばつ 400 metres relay">4 ×ばつ 400 m relay	3:22.43