Grit Breuer
Grit Breuer (later Springstein, born 16 February 1972 in Röbel, Bezirk Neubrandenburg) is a German former athlete, who competed in the women's 200 metres, 400 metres, 4×100 m relay, and 4×400 m relay events.
Breuer at the East German Track and Field Athletics Championships in Neubrandenburg, July 1989 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics | ||
| Representing East Germany | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| 1988 Seoul | 4 × 400 m relay | |
| Representing Germany | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| 1996 Atlanta | 4 × 400 m relay | |
| World Championships | ||
| 1997 Athens | 4 × 400 m relay | |
| 1991 Tokyo | 400 m | |
| 2001 Edmonton | 4 × 400 m relay | |
| 1991 Tokyo | 4 × 100 m relay | |
| 1991 Tokyo | 4 × 400 m relay | |
| 1999 Seville | 4 × 400 m relay | |
| World Indoor Championships | ||
| 1991 Seville | 4 × 400 m relay | |
| 1999 Maebashi | 400 m | |
| 1991 Seville | 200 m | |
| 1997 Paris | 4 × 400 m relay | |
| 2003 Birmingham | 400 m | |
She has received injuries as a result of her sports competition, including a slipped disk in her back and a ligament in her knee. She has also been involved in drugs-related controversy. In 1992 she received a two-year ban from the sport after admitting she had taken clenbuterol. In 2004, she was accused of skipping a drug test in South Africa, but she was cleared on a technicality. She has won two Olympic bronze medals in the 4 × 400 metres relay. Her first was in 1988 competing for East Germany, when she ran in the heats but not the final and the second was in 1996.