Katrin Dörre-Heinig

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Katrin Dörre-Heinig (German: [kaˈtʁiːn ˈdœʁə ˈhaɪnɪç]; née Dörre, born 6 October 1961) is a former athlete from Germany, who competed mainly in the marathon. She won extensively on the road running circuit, having taken titles at races including the Tokyo Marathon, Berlin Marathon and the London Marathon; she won three times consecutively in London from 1992 to 1994.

Heinig was born in

Over the course of her career she particaped in 45 marathons and won 24. She planned to run the Chicago marathon in 1985, but did not run there, to avoid a faceoff with Joan Benoit, Rosa Mota and Ingrid Kristiansen. Up to this point, she won 7 marathons in a row and went on to win 3 more.[2]^[3]

In 2012, she started a coaching career. As of 2021^[update] she is the German national coach for marathon running.^[4][5]

Achievements

• All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  East Germany
1984	Osaka Ladies Marathon	Osaka, Japan	1st	2:31:41
	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	1st	2:33:23
1985	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	1st	2:34:21
1986	Nagoya Marathon	Nagoya, Japan	1st	2:29:33
	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	—	DNF
1987	Tokyo Marathon	Tokyo, Japan	1st	2:25:24
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	3rd	2:26:21
Representing  Germany
1991	Osaka Ladies Marathon	Osaka, Japan	1st	2:27:43
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	2:30:10
1992	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	1st	2:29:39
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	5th	2:26:48
1993	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	1st	2:27:09
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	6th	2:35:20
1994	London Marathon	London, United Kingdom	1st	2:32:34
	Berlin Marathon	Berlin, Germany	1st	2:25:15
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	—	DNF
1995	Frankfurt Marathon	Frankfurt, Germany	1st	2:31:31
1996	Osaka Ladies Marathon	Osaka, Japan	1st	2:26:04
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	4th	2:28:45
	Frankfurt Marathon	Frankfurt, Germany	1st	2:28:33
1997	Osaka Ladies Marathon	Osaka, Japan	1st	2:25:57
	Frankfurt Marathon	Frankfurt, Germany	1st	2:26:48
1998	Hamburg Marathon	Hamburg, Germany	1st	2:25:21
1999	Hamburg Marathon	Hamburg, Germany	1st	2:24:35
2000	Hamburg Marathon	Hamburg, Germany	2nd	2:33:10

References