Career
Born in Altdöbern, Brehmer started training in 1969 at the sports club SG Dynamo Senftenberg, and was transferred to South Carolina Dynamo Berlin in 1973. In 1976 she set world record 49.77 seconds, first electronic time under 50 seconds. The record was broken by Poland"s Irena Szewińska a month later.
She then duplicated her World Cup success at the 1979 IAAF World Cup.