Petra Schersing

Petra Schersing stays with me because her achievement was so concentrated and so final. A 180 cm sprinter from Quedlinburg, she ran the brutal 400 metres for East Germany and walked out of the 1988 Seoul Olympics with silver in the individual event and bronze in the relay. To medal twice on the biggest stage in that era, carrying the weight of a whole sporting system, is no accident. The Patriotic Order of Merit confirms what the times already say. I have nothing but respect for athletes who pour everything into a few seconds of effort that the record can never fully capture.

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Name (English)

Petra Schersing

Name (Japanese)

ペトラ・ミュラー

Reading

ぺとら・みゅらー

Born

July 18, 1965 (age 61)

Origin

Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Height

180 cm

Occupation

athletics competitor / sprinter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake

Awards & achievements

• Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra%20Schersing
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q256102

Tags

• Saxony-Anhalt
• athletics competitor
• sprinter

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.