Bärbel Wöckel

Bärbel Wöckel

Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal200 m
1976 Montreal4 x 100 m relay
1980 Moscow200 m
1980 Moscow4 x 100 m relay

Bärbel Wöckel (née Eckert; born 21 March 1955 in Leipzig) is a retired East German sprinter, who specialized in the 200 metres.

Biography

Wöckel won four Olympic gold medals, two each in the 1976 and 1980 Olympics. In each of those years, Wöckel placed first in the 200 m and 4 × 100 metres relay races.

She won a gold medal at the 1974 European Championships as the anchor of the 4 × 100 m relay, which set a world record of 42.50. She won the gold in the 200 m and as a part of the 4 × 100 m relay team as well as a silver in the 100 metres at the 1982 European Championships.

Bärbel Wöckel competed for the club SC Motor Jena during her active career.

Her rival, Marita Koch, complained in a letter that Bärbel received higher doses of steroids than her, because she had relatives in the company Jenapharm.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Turnbull, Simon (5 September 2010). "After a quarter of a century, Koch remains untouchable". The Independent. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Bärbel Eckert-Wöckel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
East Germany Renate Stecher		 Women's 200 m Best Year Performance
1976		 Succeeded by
Poland Irena Szewińska
Preceded by
East Germany Marita Koch		 Women's 200 m Best Year Performance
1980		 Succeeded by
United States Evelyn Ashford



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