Grit Breuer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Grit Breuer

East German sprinter

Date of Birth: 16-Feb-1972

Place of Birth: Röbel, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Profession: sprinter, athletics competitor

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Grit Breuer (later Springstein, born 16 February 1972 in Röbel, Bezirk Neubrandenburg) is a former German athlete, who competed in the women's 200 metres, 400 metres, 4×100 m relay, and 4×400 m relay events. 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.