Martina Steuk

Martina Steuk (née Kämpfert; born 11 November 1959) is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany.

[1] At the age of 20, she reached the final in the 800 metres at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and placed fourth in a lifetime best time of 1:56.21 behind the Soviet trio of Nadiya Olizarenko, Olga Mineyeva and Tatyana Providokhina, Olizarenko breaking the world record.

[2] A successful 1981 season followed, which included a win at the 1981 European Cup,[3] and at the 1981 IAAF World Cup she won an 800 m silver behind Lyudmila Veselkova and a gold with the East German 4 × 400 metres relay team.

[5] That success continued into 1982 with a silver medal at the 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships, finishing second only to Romania's Doina Melinte.

She married East German hammer thrower Roland Steuk in 1991.