Tiedtke represented Germany in the long jump at the 1992 Olympic Games, where she finished 8th, and the 2000 Olympic Games, where she finished 5th. At the 1992 games, Tiedtke had originally finished ninth, but was promoted to eighth after the drugs disqualification of Nijole Medvedeva.
This would also happen in 2000 when she was promoted from sixth to fifth after the drugs disqualification of Marion Jones. Tiedtke appeared in the September 2004 edition of entitled Women of the Olympics. Tiedtke married Joe Greene, an American long jumper, in December 1993.
They lived in Dublin, Ohio.
She changed her name to Susen Tiedtke-Greene. They divorced in 1998, and she moved back to Germany and reverted to her original name.
She has been married to former tennis professional Hendrik Dreekmann since 28 January 2005.
