Karin Roßley

Roßley in 1980

Karin Roßley, (née Regel, born 5 April 1957) is a retired East German hurdler, who represented the sports team SC Cottbus. She was born in Cottbus.

She won the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championships.

Roßley set two world records during her career: 55.63 seconds in August 1977 in Helsinki and 54.28 seconds in May 1980 in Jena. The latter stood for three years until Anna Ambrazienė ran in 54.02 seconds in Moscow.^[1] Karin Roßley's personal best time remained at was 54.28 seconds, a result which ranks her eighth among German 400 m hurdlers, behind Sabine Busch, Cornelia Ullrich, Ellen Fiedler, Heike Meissner, Gudrun Abt, Silvia Rieger and Susanne Losch.^[2]

References

1. World Record Progression – 400 m hurdles women Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine – Athletix
2. Microsoft Word – Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc Archived 13 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine

Records
Preceded by Marina Makeyeva	Women's 400 m Hurdles World Record Holder 17 May 1980 – 11 June 1983	Succeeded by Anna Ambrazienė
Sporting positions
Preceded by Marina Makeyeva	Women's 400 m Hurdles Best Year Performance 1980	Succeeded by Ellen Fiedler