Ellen KIEßLING

Ellen Buchleitner (née Kiessling, born 17 February 1968) is a German former track and field athlete who was a middle-distance specialist. Representing East Germany, she won a silver medal in the 800 metres at the 1989 European Indoor Championships and a bronze medal in the 800 m at the 1989 World Indoor Championships, before going on to win a silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 1990 European Championships.

She won three East German national titles. Representing Germany, she finished fifth in the 1500 m final at the 1991 World Championships and competed at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

An eight-time unified Germany national champion, her winning indoor 1500 m time from 1991 remains the championship record. Her personal bests include 1:59.41 for the 800 metres, 4:04.44 for the 1500 metres and 8:46.99 for 3000 metres. She began competing as Ellen Buchleitner after marrying Austrian runner Michael Buchleitner in 1994.