caption club birth_place weight height sport birth_date image article_title name
carla bodendorf in 1978 sc magdeburg eilsleben , germany 58 kg lb on 1.64 m ftin on sprint running 13 august 1953 bundesarchiv bild 183-t0819-0030 , carla bodendorf.jpg carla bodendorf
 carla bodendorf
carla bodendorf

carla bodendorf -lrb- née rietig on 13 august 1953 -rrb- is a retired east german sprint runner who won a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1976 summer olympics ; individually she finished 4th in the 200 meters .
she won two bronze medals in these events at the 1978 european athletics championships .
she was part of two east german 4 × 100 relay teams that held the world record for three years from 1976 to 1979 .
after retiring from competitions , bodendorf worked as a sports teacher , and then became a politician and project manager at the ministry of internal affairs of saxony-anhalt .
she is married to jürgen bodendorf , a long and triple jumper and a football coach .
