Bärbel Wöckel

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

Bärbel Wöckel

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

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.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Renate Stecher		 Women's 200 m Best Year Performance
1976		 Succeeded by
Irena Szewińska
Preceded by
Marita Koch		 Women's 200 m Best Year Performance
1980		 Succeeded by
Evelyn Ashford


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