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.
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| Full name | Ingeborg Helten | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 December 1950 (age 73) Westum, Sinzig, Rhineland-Palatinate | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editShe 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "European Championships | Athletix.org". Archived from the original on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Inge Helten". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-09-01.
External links
edit- Ingeborg Helten at World Athletics
- Ingeborg Helten at European Athletics (archive)
- Inge Helten at Olympics.com
- Inge Helten at Olympic.org (archived)
- Inge Helten at Olympedia
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