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German sprinter
Birgit Rockmeier
Full name Birgit Rockmeier Born (1973-11-29 ) 29 November 1973 (age 50) 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)
200m
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 )