Name Katrin Dorre-Heinig Role Olympic athlete | Weight 57 kg | |
Olympic medals Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women\'s marathon | ||
Katrin Dörre-Heinig (née Dörre, born 6 October 1961 in Leipzig, Sachsen) is a former athlete from Germany, who competed mainly in the marathon. She won extensively on the road running circuit, having taken titles at races including the Tokyo Marathon, Berlin Marathon and the London Marathon; she won three times consecutively in London from 1992–1994.
She competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, where she won the bronze medal in the classic race over 42.195 km. Dörre is a triple winner of the Osaka Ladies Marathon and has a record of 35 sub 2:34 times, with a personal best of 2:24:35 (1999, course record of the Hamburg Marathon). She was the bronze medallist in the marathon at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics and returned at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, but managed only sixth place on her second attempt. She just missed out on the podium with a fourth-place finish in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Since 1992 she has been married to her trainer Wolfgang Heinig. Her daughter, Katharina Heinig, has followed in her footsteps and she won the Köln Marathon in her debut over the marathon distance.