Photo: Maik Lathan. It's a card of himself / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Christina Lathan, née Brehmer, fascinates me as a product of the East German athletics machine, identified young and channeled into elite clubs by her early teens. Three golds at the 1975 European Juniors mark a talent that was fully formed before adulthood. I always read athletes from that era with some ambivalence, given what we now know about the system around them, yet what they did on the track remains theirs. Twice decorated with the Patriotic Order of Merit, she clearly carried national prestige on her shoulders. I respect anyone who let their legs do the arguing in a 400 metres, the most punishing of sprints.
Overview
Christina Lathan, née Christina Brehmer, (born 28 February 1958) is a retired East German sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. Born in Altdöbern, Brehmer started training in 1969 at the sports club SG Dynamo Senftenberg, and was transferred to SC Dynamo Berlin in 1973. At the 1975 European Junior Championships she won three gold medals, in 400 m, 4 × 100 metres relay and 4 × 400 metres relay.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Christina Lathan
- Name (Japanese)
- クリスティナ・ブレーマー
- Reading
- くりすてぃな・ぶれーまー
- Born
- February 28, 1958 (age 68)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dog
- Origin
- Altdöbern, Brandenburg, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 169 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- sprinter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1976 Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver
- 1976 Master of Sports of the GDR
- 1976 Honored Master of Sports of the GDR
- 1977 Honored Master of Sports of the GDR
- 1976 Artur Becker Medal in Gold
- 1977 Medal for Excellence in the Armed Organs of the Interior Ministry
- 1978 Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver
- 1978 Honored Master of Sports of the GDR
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Sprinter — see all → · More people from Germany →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.