Silke-Beate Knoll

Silke-Beate Knoll
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Germany
World Championships
European Championships
Representing West Germany
European Championships

Silke-Beate Knoll (born 21 February 1967 in Rottweil) is a former German track and field athlete and participant in the Olympic Games who had success in the 1980s and 1990s as a sprinter.

Her first success was the 1986 German junior title over 200 metres. As part of the

world indoor record

in 1988.

Her greatest successes were the bronze medal in the

1994 European Championships in the same event (together with Melanie Paschke, Bettina Zipp

and Silke Lichtenhagen). She placed fourth in the individual 200 metre sprint.

Knoll was a member of the German national team at many important international meetings until 1996. She entered the 200 metre sprint at the

1990 European Championships in the 4 × 100 m relay. She came fifth in the 200 metre sprint. At the 1992 Olympic Games

she came fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay and reached the semi-final in the 200 metre sprint. Her third entry at the Olympic Games in 1996 was ill-fated; the 4 × 100 m relay team did not manage to carry the baton to the finish line.

Knoll may not have been in the limelight as much as some other athletes, but few can match her 22 German championship titles. She competed for the MTV Celle, from 1987 to 1989 for SC Eintracht Hamm, then for LG Olympia Dortmund. While she was still competing, she was 1.63 metres tall and weighed 52 kilograms. She ended her athletics career in 1997.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing West Germany
1985	European Junior Championships	Cottbus, East Germany	1st	4 × 400 m	3:32.67
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	18th (h)	200 m	23.40
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	5th	4 × 100 m	43.20
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	12th (sf)	60 m	7.44
	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	200 m	23.12
	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	19th (qf)	200 m	23.15
1989	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th	200 m	23.30
	Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	7th	200 m	23.59
	Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	3rd	4 × 100 m	43.85
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	5th	200 m	23.57
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	5th	200 m	22.40 (+0.3 m/s)
			2nd	4 × 100 m	43.02
			4th	4 × 400 m	3:25.12
Representing Germany
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	10th (sf)	200 m	23.49
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	9th (sf)	200 m	22.60
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	5th	4 × 100 m	43.12
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	15th (sf)	200 m	23.07
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	5th	4 × 100 m	42.79
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	2nd	200 m	22.96
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	200 m	22.99 (+0.2 m/s)
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	4 × 100 m	42.90
	World Cup	London, United Kingdom	2nd	4 × 100 m	43.22
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	200 m	22.66
			3rd	4 × 100 m	43.01
			4th	4 × 400 m	2:26.10
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	heats	4 × 100 m	DNF

References

Silke-Beate Knoll at World Athletics
Silke Knoll at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)