Karin Rüger-Schulze

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameKarin•Rüger-Schulze
Used nameKarin•Rüger-Schulze
Born1 April 1944 in Wernigerode, Sachsen-Anhalt (GER)
Measurements182 cm / 79 kg
AffiliationsSC DHfK, Leipzig (GER)
NOC East Germany Germany
Nationality East Germany

Biography

High jumper Karin Rüger came in ninth at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, competing for the mixed German team. She was seventh four years later, competing as Schulze for East Germany. Her husband Thomas Schulze was also a high jumper, and their children Sabina and Michael became swimmers and Thomas a shot putter.

Rüger-Schulze finished second at the 1965 European Cup, and was fifth at the 1969 European Championships. She won indoor national titles in 1964 and 1971. Rüger-Schulze worked as a stenotypist.

Personal Best: HJ – 1.83 (1968).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal Nationality As
1964 Summer Olympics Athletics GER GDR Karin Rüger
High Jump, Women (Olympic) 9
1968 Summer Olympics Athletics GDR Karin Schulze
High Jump, Women (Olympic) 7

Olympic family relations