Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Female |
Full name | Inge•Kilian (-Offermann) |
Used name | Inge•Kilian |
Born | 3 June 1935 in Geisenheim, Hessen (GER) |
Measurements | 170 cm / 60 kg |
Affiliations | Eintracht Braunschweig, Braunschweig (GER) |
NOC | Germany |
Nationality | West Germany |
High jumper Inge Kilian finished a disappointing last (18th) in the 1956 Melbourne final, although she had bettered the German record a few months earlier. Two years later she placed fourth at the European Championships. She won four German titles in 1955-58, winning indoors in 1956 and 1959. An educated draftswoman, she retired in 1959 due to health reasons, married and in 1990 became a committee member of the Association of Former Track and Field Athletes.
Personal Best: HJ – 1.68 (1958).
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | Nationality | As | |
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1956 Summer Olympics | Athletics | GER | FRG | Inge Kilian | |||
High Jump, Women (Olympic) | 18 |