Heike Drechsler

Heike Gabriela Drechsler is a German former track and field athlete who represented East Germany and later Germany. One of the most successful long jumpers of all-time, she is a former world record holder and ranks third on the all-time list with her legal best of 7.48 metres in 1988. Her marginally wind-assisted jump of 7.63 metres (+2.1) in 1992 at altitude in Sestriere, is still the furthest a woman has ever long jumped. She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump, winning in 1992 and 2000.

16 December 1964

Born on the same birth date (16 December 1964): Billy Ripken • Georgie Parker • John Kirwan (rugby) • Todd Glass

Born on the same birth day (16 December): Antonio de La Gándara • Billy Ripken • Gordon Miller (athlete) • Jeff Ruland • Johann Wilhelm Ritter • Leopold I of Belgium • Michael McCary • Noël Coward • Seibo Kitamura • Todd Glass • V. S. Pritchett • Wendy Doolan

Born in the same month (December 1964): Bobby Flay • Carolyn Waldo • Edith González • Hape Kerkeling • Haywood Jeffires • James Blundell (singer) • Joe Wolf • Les Kiss • Mall Nukke • Mark Coleman • Mike Jackson (right-handed pitcher) • Paul Kaye • Paul Landers • Scott Hastings (rugby union) • Stef Blok • Sylvie Moreau • Todd Glass • Óscar Ramírez (footballer, born 1964)