Ellen Buchleitner (née Kiessling, born 17 February 1968) is a German former track and field athlete who was a middle-distance specialist.

Born in Freital, Bezirk Dresden, she joined Dresdner SC and started working with the club's athletics coach Klaus Müller.

[2] The 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics followed and at that meet she was sixth in the 800 m, but helped the East German 4×400 metres relay team to a bronze medal by running in the heats stage.

She began by winning her first senior medal at the 1989 European Athletics Indoor Championships, taking the runner-up spot behind Romania's Doina Melinte.

[5][10] Her international success continued that year as although she narrowly missed a medal at the 1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships, coming fourth behind Britain's Lorraine Baker,[8] she won the first and only major outdoor senior medal of her career at the 1990 European Athletics Championships – her 1500 m silver behind Snežana Pajkić meant the East German women featured in the top two of all track events from 100 metres up to 1500 m that year.

[13] She won a 1500 m bronze for the hosts at the 1991 European Cup in Frankfurt before going on to take fifth place in the event at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics.

[1][8] She ran for the ASV Köln sports club that year and was part of its national championship winning 3×800 m relay team.