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Kornelia Ender (later Matthes now Grummt, born 25 October 1958) is a former East German swimmer who at the 1976 Summer Olympics became the first woman swimmer to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games, all in world record times.
In 1977, East German shot-putter Ilona Slupianek, who weighed 93 kg (205 lb), tested positive for anabolic steroids at the European Cup meeting in Helsinki. At that point, the GDR government took over the Kreischa testing laboratory near Dresden, which was reputed to administer around 12,000 tests a year on East German athletes. None of them ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:East German athletes. It includes athletes that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. East German female athletes, understood as practising the sport of athletics including track and field , racewalking , cross country running and road running .
Pages in category "East German female sprinters" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
East German team at the opening ceremony. Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic, called DDR in the opening ceremony) competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 297 competitors, 231 men and 66 women, took part in 161 events in 18 sports.
Helga Seidler (née Fischer, born 5 August 1949 in Oberneuschönberg) is a former East German athlete who mainly competed in the women's 400 metres event.. She competed for East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany where she won the gold medal in the women's 4 × 400 meters with her team mates Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne and Monika Zehrt.
Karin Balzer (née Richert; 5 June 1938 – 17 December 2019) [1] was an East German hurdler who competed in the 80 m hurdles event at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics, and in the 100 m hurdles in 1972. She won a gold medal in 1964 and a bronze in 1972, while finishing fifth in 1968.
Athletes from East Germany (German Democratic Republic) competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 267 competitors, 154 men and 113 women, took part in 139 events in 17 sports. [ 1 ]