Carla Bodendorf 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 J�rgen Bodendorf, a long and triple jumper and a football coach. 

August 13th, 1953 in Eilsleben (Age 71)