Heike Drechsler

Heike Drechsler (Heike Gabriela Drechsler, born Daute, 16 December 1964) is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany and later Germany. One of the most successful long jumpers of all time, she is a former world record holder and ranks third on the all-time list with her legal best of 7.48 metres in 1988. Her marginally wind-assisted jump of 7.63 metres in 1992 at altitude in Sestriere is still the furthest a woman has ever long jumped. She is the only woman to have won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump, in 1992 and 2000. Drechsler also won Olympic medals in the 100 metres and 200 metres in 1988, a silver medal in the 100 metres at the 1987 World Championships, and was world record holder in the 200 metres with 21.71 seconds in 1986.