Ingrid Auerswald-Lange

Ingrid Auerswald belonged to the world’s best 100 metre runners in the 1980s though she could never manage to win a major individual title, but she was a member of East Germany’s 4×100 relay teams that won the 1980 Olympic gold and 1988 silver medals. She also claimed the bronze medal over 100 metres 1980 at Moscow. Moreover, as a sprint relayer, she helped win the 1983 World Championship, the 1986 European title, and she ran on teams that set seven relay world records. Her only national individual success was winning the 1988 East German 200 metre indoor championship. Ingrid Lange was first married to East German long jumper Axel Auerswald but they later divorced. She eventually became a trainer in a fitness club at Jena.

Personal Best: 100 – 11.04 (1984).