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Karin Rüger Schulze

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Sport
  
High jump

Weight
  
79 kg

Height
  
1.82 m

Club
  
SC DHfK Leipzig

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Born
  
1 January 1944 (age 73) (
1944-01-01
)
Wernigerode, Germany

Karin Rüger-Schulze (born 1 April 1944) is a retired German track and field athlete who specialized in high jump. She competed in the 1964 and 1964 Summer Olympics and finished ninth and seventh, respectively.

Between 1965 and 1968 she married Jens Schulze, also a competitive high jumper, and changer her name from Rüger to Rüger-Schulze. They had three children, all athletes: Thomas specialized in shot put, whereas Michael and Sabina Schulze became swimmers. Sabina won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

References

Karin Rüger-Schulze Wikipedia