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Bibernell at the 1986 East German Indoor Championships

Ines Bibernell (née Obst; born 21 July 1965 in Querfurt, Bezirk Halle) is a former East German female track and field athlete who competed in middle- and long-distance track events. She was a gold medallist at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in 1986.

A member of the SC Chemie Halle athletics club, the Querfurt-born athlete came to prominence in the 1985 season. The teenager won a 1500 metres/3000 metres double at the East German Indoor Championships before going on to take a 3000 m/10,000 metres double at the East German Athletics Championships outdoors.^[1]^[2] Her first major international appearances came that year in the 10,000 m and she was runner-up at the 1985 European Cup and placed fourth at the 1985 IAAF World Cup.^[3]^[4]

At the start of 1986, she defended her national indoor title over 3000 m and set an under-23 indoor world best for the 2-mile run,^[1] finishing in a time of 9:34.27 minutes in New York City.^[5] This remains the German national record for that event.^[6] The greatest feat of her career came that February, as she won the gold medal over 3000 m at the 1986 European Athletics Indoor Championships – the only East German woman ever to win that title.^[7] After this victory she won a 1500/3000 m double at the national outdoor championships.^[2] A third straight East German indoor 3000 m title came in 1987, but this was the last high level achievement of her briefly flourishing career.^[1]

Personal bests

800 metres: 2:05.4 min, 9 June 1983, Neubrandenburg
1500 metres: 4:05.64 min, 28 June 1985, Potsdam
2000 metres: 5:47.58 min, 22 September 1985, East Berlin
3000 metres: 8:49.80 min, 27 June 1986, Jena
5000 metres: 15:27.05 min, 3 July 1986, Dresden
10,000 metres: 32:32.28 min, 1 June 1986, Erfurt

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
1985	European Cup	Moscow, Soviet Union	2nd	10,000 m	32:47.42
1985	World Cup	Canberra, Australis	4th	10,000 m	32:45.58
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	1st	3000 m	8:54.52

National titles

East German Athletics Championships
- 1500 m: 1986
- 3000 m: 1985, 1986
- 10,000 m: 1985
East German Indoor Athletics Championships
- 1500 m: 1985
- 3000 m: 1985, 1986, 1987

References

^ ^a ^b ^c East German Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 17 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b East German Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 17 January 2018.
^ European Cup Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 17 January 2018.
^ Ines Bibernell. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved on 17 January 2018.
^ World Under-23 Bests. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 17 January 2018.
^ German Athletics Records Archived 11 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine (in German). Leichathletik. Retrieved on 17 January 2018.
^ European Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 17 January 2018.