{{short description|German middle-distance runner}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport|Women's athletics}} {{MedalCountry|{{FRG}}}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalBronze|1982 Athens|800 m}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Margrit Klinger''' (born 22 June 1960 in Obersuhl-Hönebach) is a retired West German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.
Her personal best time in 800 metres is 1:57.22 minutes, achieved at the 1982 European Championships in Athens. This places her eighth on the German all-time list, behind Sigrun Wodars, Christine Wachtel, Elfi Zinn, Anita Weiß, Martina Kämpfert, Ulrike Klapezynski and Hildegard Ullrich. Her personal best time in 1500 metres is 4:02.66 minutes, achieved in August 1983 in Köln. This places her tenth on the German all-time list, behind Christiane Wartenberg, Hildegard Körner, Angelika Zauber, Andrea Lange, Ulrike Klapezynski, Beate Liebich, Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim, Brigitte Kraus and Gunhild Hoffmeister.<ref>[http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413183552/http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |date=2008-04-13 }}</ref>
Klinger competed for the sports club TV Obersuhl during her active career.
==Achievements== {| class=wikitable !Year !Tournament !Venue !Result !Extra |- |1982 |European Championships |Athens, Greece |bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd |1:57.22 PB |- |1983 |World Championships |Helsinki, Finland |align="center" | 4th | |- |1984 |Olympic Games |Los Angeles, U.S. |align="center" | 7th | |}
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