Rosemarie Ackermann

Rosemarie Ackermann

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1976 Montreal High jump
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1974 Rome High jump
Silver medal – second place 1978 Prague High jump

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.[1]

  1. ^ Matthews, Peter (22 March 2012). Historical Dictionary of Track and Field. Scarecrow Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-8108-7985-0.