Grit Breuer

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

Grit Breuer

Breuer at the East German Track and Field Athletics Championships in Neubrandenburg, July 1989
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	4 × 400 m relay
European Championships
	1990 Split	400 metres
	1990 Split	400 × 400 metres relay
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
	1997 Athens	4 × 400 m relay
	1991 Tokyo	400 m
	2001 Edmonton	4 × 400 m relay
	1991 Tokyo	4 × 100 m relay
	1991 Tokyo	4 × 400 m relay
	1999 Seville	4 × 400 m relay
European Championships
	1998 Budapest	400 metres
	1998 Budapest	400 × 400 m relay
	2002 Munich	400 × 400m relay
	2002 Munich	400 metres
World Indoor Championships
	1991 Seville	4 × 400 m relay
	1999 Maebashi	400 m
	1991 Seville	200 m
	1997 Paris	4 × 400 m relay
	2003 Birmingham	400 m

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.^[1]

Sports accomplishments

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  East Germany
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	1st	400 m	51.24
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.48
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.39
	Olympic Games	Seoul	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	N/A[n 1]
1989	World Cup	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	400 m	50.67
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:23.97
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	1st	400 m	49.50
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:21.02
Representing  Germany
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	3rd	200 m	22.58
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.22
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	2nd	400 m	49.42
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	42.33
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:21.25
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	1st	400 m	50.89
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	8th	400 m	50.71
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:21.14
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.39
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:20.92
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	1st	400 m	50.45
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	400 m	49.93
	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	2nd	400 m	49.86
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:24.26
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	1st	400 m	50.80
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:22.43
2004	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	heats	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.75

1. She ran the heats, but not the finals

See also

• Doping cases in athletics