Hildrun Laufer-Claus (née Claus; born 13 May 1939) is a former East German athlete. She competed in the long jump at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and finished in third and seventh place, respectively.^[1]

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Hildrun Laufer-Claus

Hildrun Claus at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1939-05-13) 13 May 1939 (age 85) Dresden, Germany
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long jump
Club	SC Dynamo Berlin
Achievements and titles
Personal best	6.48 m (1964)
Medal record Representing  Germany Olympic Games 1960 Rome Long jump

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Claus was born in Dresden, but later moved to East Berlin. She won East German championships in the long jump in 1957–1962 and 1964, and set three world records (6.36 m and 6.40 m in 1960 and 6.42 m in 1961). She married Peter Laufer, a German Olympic pole vaulter, and at the 1964 Games competed as Hildrun Laufer-Claus. She has a degree of a landscape designer. In 1995 she was paralyzed as a result of a sports-related accident.^[1]