Gabriele Becker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Gabriele Becker

German athletics competitor

Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1975

Place of Birth: Marburg, Hesse, Germany

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Gabriele Becker

  • Gabriele "Gaby" Becker (born 17 April 1975) is a German former track and field sprinter who competed mainly over 100 metres.
  • She represented her country at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and won a bronze medal in the relay. Born in Marburg, Becker took up track and field at a young age and trained at the LAZ Bruchköbel sports club.
  • Initially she took part in a variety of events and completed youth heptathlons, but soon focused on sprinting instead.
  • She won the German youth title over 100 m in 1991, then took German junior doubles in the 60 metres and 100 m in both 1993 and 1994.
  • She made her international debut at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics, finishing as a 100 m semi-finalist.Becker's first international medal came with the German 4×100 metres relay team, when she anchored home a quartet including Sandra Roos, Birgit Brodbeck, and Carmen Bertmaring to the bronze medal at the 1993 European Athletics Junior Championships.
  • She also finished seventh individually in the 100 m at that competition.
  • At the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics, she was again a 100 m semi-finalist, but secured a silver medal with the relay team of Roos, Sandra Görigk and Esther Möller, finishing behind Jamaica.After winning the German under-23 100 m title, she was selected to run at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics both individually and in the relay.
  • She reached the quarter-finals of the 100 m, recording a best of 11.54 seconds in that round, but was eliminated in seventh place.
  • A German senior women's team of Melanie Paschke, Silke Lichtenhagen, Silke-Beate Knoll, and Becker finished the relay final in a time of 43.01, with Becker anchoring the team to the finish line to secure the World Championships bronze medal behind the American and Jamaican teams.

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