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Ulrike again finished behind Kazankina when winning 1500m silver at the inaugural World Cup in Düsseldorf next year.
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Ulrike again finished behind Kazankina when winning 1500m silver at the inaugural World Cup in Düsseldorf next year.
She was third in 10000 metres run at 1986 European Championships. She took the same place at 1987 World Championships. Olympic and World middle-distance bronzes
Ulrike received first public attention while still competing under her maiden name of Klapezynski when performing at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
Later that year, Bruns set the World Record at 1000m on 18 August at Berlin, clocking 2:31.95min, but lost that record only two days later.
She was considerably disappointed after that to finish 7th at both 800m/1500m at the European Championships in Prague. lieutenant seemed that her career stagnate after 5th 1500m place finishes at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and 1982 European Championships in Athens, but Ulrike turned to longer distances in the early eighties and despite she didn"t compete at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, she recorded her lifetime best at 3000m that year, clocking 8:36.38min in July.
After the Olympics, she visited Zurich to beat star-studded field over 3000m. During 1985, she lowered her one-mile PB to 4:21.59min at the Weltklasse meet, finishing 4th behind Mary Decker"s World Record of 4:16.70min.
She confirmed her smooth form later that summer at second World Championships in Rome, taking the bronze in the 3000m final and winning her final international medal.
She remains one of only several women athletes capable of winning medals at 800m, as well at 10000m.