Christine Wachtel
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Christine Wachtel (born 6 January 1965) is a German track and field athlete who won the silver medal for East Germany at the 1988 Olympic summer games in Seoul in the 800 metres run. Her time of 1:56.64 put her second to her training partner Sigrun Wodars.
Biography
Wachtel was born in Altentreptow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Her earlier successes in the 800 meter run included:
- 1983: Second at the Junior European championship (2:00.42 Min.)
- 1987: Second at the World championship (1:55.32 Min.)
In 1990, she was second at the European championships. (1:56.11 Min.)
Other success in the 4 × 400 meter relay:
- 1991: Third at the world championship with the German 4 × 400 meter relay (3:21.25 Min.).
She also participated in the 1992 Olympic summer games in Barcelona, where she was, however, eliminated in the 800 meter preliminaries.
Wachtel trained at the Neubrandenburg sport club under trainer Walter Gladrow. During her career she was 1.66 meters tall and weighed 66 kilograms. After her sport career she operates a pizza-bakery in Neubrandenburg.
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- Living people
- People from Altentreptow
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Neubrandenburg
- East German female middle-distance runners
- Athletes from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Olympic athletes for East Germany
- Olympic athletes for Germany
- World Athletics Championships athletes for East Germany
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- East German Athletics Championships winners