Inge Helten
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Ingeborg "Inge" Helten (born 31 December 1950) is a former athlete from West Germany, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She was born in Westum, Sinzig, Rhineland-Palatinate.
Biography
She won her first international Gold medal at the 1971 European Athletics Championships as a member of the 4 × 100 m relay team, where she placed 4th in the 100 metre final. She took a silver as the anchor of the 4 × 100 m relay squad in the 1974 European Championships in Rome.[1]
Helten set a world record for 100 meters in June 1976, with an 11.04 clocking; she competed for West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the 100 metres, winning a bronze medal behind teammate Annegret Richter and East German Renate Stecher.[2] She placed 5th in the 200 meter final, where the top 5 women were German. She then joined with Annegret and fellow West Germans Elvira Possekel and Annegret Kroniger in the 4 × 100 m relay, where they won the silver medal behind the East Germans in 42.59 to 42.55.
See also
References
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- 1950 births
- Living people
- People from Sinzig
- West German female sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for West Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany
- Olympic athletes for West Germany
- World record setters in athletics (track and field)
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Olympic female sprinters
- Athletes from Rhineland-Palatinate
- West German Athletics Championships winners