Johanna Klier

Johanna Klier (née Schaller, also known as Schaller-Klier, born 13 September 1952) is a former East German hurdler and Olympic gold medallist.

Schaller-Klier in 1977

Under her maiden name, she won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the 100 m hurdles. Under her married name, she won the silver medal 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, again in the 100 m hurdles.^[1]

In 1976–78, and 1980 she was East German champion, also winning indoors in 1978 in the 60 hurdles. At the 1977 World Cup Schaller was runner-up, but she won gold at the 1978 European Championships in the high hurdles, adding a bronze with the sprint relay. She also won the 1977 European Cup and the 1978 European Indoors over 60 hurdles.

She married the hurdler Martin Klier on 11 September 1976.^[2] Schaller-Klier was educated as a sports teacher and worked at the Pedagogical University of Erfurt / Mulhousen. After German reunification she moved to Landessportbund, Thuringia and worked in the youth department.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	1st	100 m hurdles	12.77
1977	World Cup	Düsseldorf, West Germany	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.86
1978	European Indoor Championships	Milan, Italy	1st	60 m hurdles	7.94 CR
	European Championships	Prague, Czechoslovakia	1st	100 m hurdles	12.62 CR
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.07
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.63

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
• List of 1976 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
• List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
• Sprint hurdles at the Olympics
• Women's 4 × 100 metres relay world record progression

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Johanna Schaller-Klier". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
2. Kluge, Volker (2004). Das große Lexikon der DDR-Sportler: Die 1000 erfolgreichsten und populärsten Sportlerinnen und Sportler aus der DDR, ihre Erfolge, Medaillen und Biographien [The big lexicon of the GDR athletes: The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies.] (in German) (2 ed.). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. pp. 287f. ISBN 3-89602-538-4.

External links

• Johanna Klier at World Athletics
• Johanna Schaller-Klier at Olympics.com