Inge Görmer

Inge Görmer from SC Einheit-Berlin, training in the Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle.

Inge Görmer (born 11 April 1934) is a former East-German speedskater. She took part in five international championships. Four times as East-German at the World Allround Championships (1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959) and once, as member of the German Unified team, at the Winter Olympics (1960).

History

At her international debut, during the Wch Allround of 1956 in Kvarnsveden, she finished 10th. A year later, during the op het Wch Allround of 1957 in Imatrankoski, she placed 15th, but the next year, in Kristinehamn, she had improved to become 7th. Her last World championship in Sverdlovsk, 1959 ended with a somewhat disappointing 23rd place, without being able to skate her favorite distance, the 3000 m. In her last active year, she competed at the first Olympic speed skating tournament open for women, the Squaw Valley 1960 Winter Olympics. Her she finished 16th (1500 m) and 13th (3000 m)

East-German records

Taking part in the unified German team in 1960, Inge Görmer here skates on 3 February 1960, most probably at the Davos icerink.

Over the course of her career, Görmer skated eight East-German national records, the last three of which were also All-German all-time best ever marks:

EventResultDateVenue
1500 m3:05.414 February 1953Geising
1000 m2:00.615 February 1953Geising
1000 m1:53.026 February 1953Vienna
5000 m11:50.47 February 1954Geising
3000 m6:09.813 February 1954Svratka
5000 m10:24.514 February 1954Svratka
5000 m9:44.422 January 1955Medeo
1500 m2:41.79 February 1958Kristinehamn

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Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the column WR lists the official world records on the dates that Görmer skated her personal records.

EventResultDateVenueWR
500 m49.71 February 1960Davos45.6
1,000 m1:39.631 January 1960Davos1:33.4
1,500 m2:36.518 February 1960Squaw Valley2:25.2
3,000 m5:31.620 January 1960Davos5:13.8
5,000 m9:44.422 January 1955Medeo9:01.6
Mini combination210.18331 January 1960Davos196.416
Old combination222.14022 January 1955Medeo203.920

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References

Notes
  1. ↑ Zickow 1991, pp. 295–297.
  2. ↑ Eng and Koolhaas 1985, p. 65.
  3. ↑ Gundel 2010, Inge Görmer, retrieved 23 September 2010.
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