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Rosemarie "Rosi" Ackermann (née Witschas; born 4 April 1952) is a German former high jumper. On 26 August 1977 in Berlin, she became the first female high jumper to clear a height of 2 metres.

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Rosemarie Ackermann

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	High jump
European Championships
	1974 Rome	High jump
	1978 Prague	High jump

Biography

She was born in Lohsa, Saxony. As Rosemarie Witschas, she represented East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, finishing seventh behind Ulrike Meyfarth.

In 1974, at the European Championships in Rome, she won her first international title, setting a new world record of 1.95m. Later that year, she married handball player Manfred Ackermann, and assumed his surname.^{[citation needed]} Two years later, when she won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada.[1]

In 1978, she lost her European title to Italian jumper Sara Simeoni.[1] Ackermann retired from athletics after the 1980 Olympics, at which she placed fourth, just outside the medals.

Ackermann is the last female high jumper to set a world record using the straddle technique. She is also the last high jumper of either gender to win an Olympic gold medal in the high jump with that technique.

Competing for the sports club SC Cottbus,[2][3] Ackerman was East German high jump champion in 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1980, and also won bronze medals in 1969 and 1972. She was the East German indoor champion in 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1980.

See also

• Female two metres club

References

External links

• Rosie Witschas-Ackermann at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Records
Preceded by Yordanka Blagoeva	Women's High Jump World Record Holder 24 August 1972 – 4 August 1978	Succeeded by Sara Simeoni
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Nadia Comăneci	United Press International Athlete of the Year 1977	Succeeded by Tracy Caulkins
Preceded by Kornelia Ender	East German Sportswoman of the Year 1977	Succeeded by Marita Koch
Preceded by Tatyana Kazankina	Women's Track & Field Athlete of the Year 1977	Succeeded by Marita Koch
Sporting positions
Preceded by Unknown	Women's High Jump Best Year Performance 1977	Succeeded by Sara Simeoni
Preceded by Sara Simeoni	Women's High Jump Best Year Performance 1979	Succeeded by Sara Simeoni

На других языках

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[de] Rosemarie Ackermann

Rosemarie Ackermann geb. Witschas (* 4. April 1952 in Lohsa) ist eine ehemalige deutsche Hochspringerin. Sie übersprang als erste Frau die Höhe von zwei Metern. Für die DDR gewann sie 1976 bei den Olympischen Spielen in Montreal die Goldmedaille.

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- [en] Rosemarie Ackermann

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[it] Rosemarie Ackermann

Rosemarie Ackermann, nata Witschas (Lohsa, 4 aprile 1952), è un'ex altista tedesca.

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[ru] Аккерман, Розмари

Розмари Аккерман (урождённая Вичас, род. 4 апреля 1952 года, Лоза, Саксония, Германия) — известная германская легкоатлетка (прыжки в высоту), чемпионка Олимпийских игр 1976 года в Монреале. Первая женщина, прыгнувшая в высоту на 2 метра (26 августа 1977 года, Берлин).

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