Andrea Philipp
Personal information
Born29 July 1971 (1971-07-29) (age 52)
Bützow, East Germany
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1999 Seville200 metres
European Championships
Silver medal – second place1998 Budapest4 x 100 metres

Andrea Philipp (born 29 July 1971) is a retired German sprinter. A three-time Olympian, she won a bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 1999 World Championships (tied with Merlene Frazer), and a gold medal in the 100 metres at the 1990 World Junior Championships.

Biography

Born in Bützow, her personal best time in the 200 metres is 22.25 seconds, achieved during the heats of the 1999 World Championships in Seville. This places her eighth on the German all-time list, behind Marita Koch, Heike Drechsler, Marlies Göhr, Silke Gladisch, Bärbel Wöckel, Katrin Krabbe and Gesine Walther.[1] In the 100 metres she has a personal best time of 11.05 seconds, achieved in June 1997 in Dortmund.

She competed for the clubs Schweriner SC, TV Schriesheim and LG Olympia Dortmund during her active career.

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  East Germany
1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 1st 100 m 11.36 (wind: +0.9 m/s)
Representing  Germany
1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 15th (sf) 60 m 7.47
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 28th (qf) 100 m 11.80
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 9th (sf) 60 m 7.37
Olympic Games[2] Barcelona, Spain 24th (qf) 100 m 11.67
5th 4 × 100 m relay 43.12
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 5th 4 × 100 m relay 42.79
1996 Olympic Games[2] Atlanta, United States 16th (qf) 100 m 11.38
DNF (h) 4 × 100 m relay —
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 4th 4 × 100 m relay 42.44
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd 4 × 100 m relay 42.68
World Cup Johannesburg, South Africa 6th 100 m 11.25
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 42.81
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 11th (sf) 60 m 7.17
World Championships Seville, Spain 3rd 200 m 22.26
5th 4 × 100 m relay 42.63
2000 Olympic Games[2] Sydney, Australia 6th 4 × 100 m relay 43.11

(#) Indicates overall position in qualifying heats (h) quarterfinals (qf) or semifinals (sf).

See also

References

  1. ↑ ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.
  2. 1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrea Philipp". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Full name: Andrea Philipp (-Ziercke)


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