 She also had numerous successes in European and German championships.Drechsler's greatest rival in the long jump was Jackie Joyner-Kersee, with whom she was also very good friends.In 1986, Drechsler twice equalled Marita Koch's 200 metres sprint (21.71 seconds) world record and set two long jump world records and equalled one in 1985 and 1986. , she had more than four hundred long jump competitions with results over seven meters, more than any other female athlete.