Later that year, she married handball player Manfred Ackermann, and assumed his surname. The peak of her career came two years later, when she won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada. She lost her European title to Italian jumper Sara Simeoni in 1978, when they both cleared the world-record height of 2.01 m. However, Ackermann's early celebrations caused the rod to fall, leaving her with second place.
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