Rosemarie "Rosi" Ackermann is a German former high jumper, Olympic champion and multiple world record holder. In Berlin on 26 August 1977, she became the first female high jumper to clear a height of two metres. Rosemarie Witschas (East Germany) set the women's high jump world record of 1.94 m in Berlin on August 24, 1974. It stood 15 days, until Rosemarie Ackermann's 1.95 m on September 8, 1974. Wiki link