Heidemarie Ecker-Rosendahl (born 14 February 1947 in Hückeswagen

Hückeswagen

Hückeswagen is a town in the north of Oberbergischen Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is part of the governmental district of Cologne,-Geography:...

, North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

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) is a retired German

Germany

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 athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon

Pentathlon

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 and long jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

. She set a world record of 6.84 m in long jump at Turin in 1970 which stood for five years.

She won the long jump gold medal in the 1972 Munich Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

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 with a leap of 6.78m, one centimetre ahead of Diana Yorgova

Diana Yorgova

Diane Yorgova is a former Bulgarian athlete, who competed mainly in the Long Jump.She competed for Bulgaria in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the Long Jump where she won the silver medal.-References:...

 of Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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. Two days later in a thrilling pentathlon, she finished second to Mary Peters

Mary Peters (athlete)

Dame Mary Elizabeth Peters, DBE, DL is a former British athlete, competing mainly in the pentathlon and shot put.-Biography:Mary Peters was born in Halewood, Lancashire, but moved to Ballymena at age eleven...

 of Britain

United Kingdom

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.

After the three events on the first day Rosendahl was in the fifth place, 301 points behind Peters. On the second day, she jumped 6.83 m in the longjump (one cm short of the record) and ran the 200m in 22.96 seconds. She finished with 4791 points, 16 points better than Burglinde Pollak

Burglinde Pollak

Burglinde Pollak, née Grimm, is a German athlete who mainly competed in the women's pentathlon....

's world record. She held the world record for 1.12 seconds before Peters bettered it by 10 points on finishing her 200m race in 24.08 seconds. To further prove her versatility, she helped the West German 4 x 100 m team with Christiane Krause

Christiane Krause

Christiane Krause is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the gold medal with her team mates Ingrid Becker, Annegret Richter and Heide Rosendahl.-References:...

, Ingrid Mickler-Becker

Ingrid Becker

Ingrid Mickler-Becker is a former West German athlete and a double Olympic champion. Her name is sometimes written incorrectly as Ingrid Mickler in result lists....

 and Annegret Richter

Annegret Richter

Annegret Richter is a German athlete and the 1976 Olympic 100 m champion....

 to the gold medal and a world record.

Her son Danny Ecker

Danny Ecker

Danny Ecker is a German athlete competing in the pole vault.- Biography :His current personal best is 5.93 metres, but through his indoor best performance of 6.00 metres he has a place in the so-called 6 metres club. 5.93 ranks him fourth among German pole vaulters, behind Tim Lobinger, Andrei...

 is a world class pole vaulter.