Birgit Rockmeier

{{short description|German sprinter}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Birgit Rockmeier

| fullname = Birgit Rockmeier

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|11|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Moosburg a.d. Isar, West Germany

| height = {{convert|1.75|m|abbr=on}}

| country = {{flag|Germany}}

| sport = Athletics

| event = 100 m, 200 m, 400 m

| pb =

  • 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.

Achievements

{{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"|Representing {{FRG}}
1990

|World Junior Championships

|Plovdiv, Bulgaria

|3rd (h)Did not finish in the final.

|4 × 100 m relay

|44.95

colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}}
1991

|European Junior Championships

|Thessaloniki, Greece

|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st

|4 × 100 m relay

|44.46

1992

|World Junior Championships

|Seoul, South Korea

|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 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

|align="center" | 4th

|4 × 100 m relay

|42.44

rowspan=3|1998

|European Indoor Championships

|Valencia, Spain

|align="center" | 4th

|200 m[http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/2000/f00_06.html 1998 European Indoor Championships, women's 200 m final] - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite

|23.24

European Championships

|Munich, Germany

|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd

|4 × 100 m relay

|42.68

World Cup

|Johannesburg, South Africa

|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd

|4 × 100 m relay

|42.81

1999

|World Indoor Championships

|Maebashi, Japan

|align="center" | 6th

|200 m

|23.74

2000

|European Indoor Championships

|Ghent, Belgium

|align="center" | 4th

|200 m[http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/2000/f00_06.html 2000 European Indoor Championships, women's 200 m final] - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite

|23.29

rowspan=2|2001

|World Indoor Championships

|Lisbon, Portugal

|bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:31.00

World Championships

|Edmonton, Canada

|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st

|4 × 100 m relay

|42.32

rowspan=4|2002

|rowspan=2|European Championships

|rowspan=2|Munich, Germany

|align="center" | 8th

|400 m

|52.91

bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:25.10

rowspan=2|World Cup

|rowspan=2|Madrid, Spain

|align="center" | 5th

|4 × 100 m relay

|43.36

align="center" | 6th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:31.09

2003

|World Championships

|Paris, France

|align="center" | 4th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:26.25

References

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