Christa Czekay

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Christa Czekay , b. Elsler (born March 20, 1944 in Waldenburg , Lower Silesia ; † June 14, 2017 ) was a German athlete who - starting for the Federal Republic of Germany - was successful as a 400-meter runner in the late 1960s / early 1970s .

She began her sporting career at TV Herrenhausen and then moved to Hannover 96 via SG Langenhagen . She started in 1968 and 1969 for MTV Peine and finally moved to VfL Wolfsburg . With a height of 1.68 m, she had a competition weight of 59 kg.

successes

  • She was two German runners-up over 400 meters:
    1968 behind Helga Henning and in front of Gisela Köpke ,
    1969 behind Christel Frese and in front of Antje Gleichfeld .
  • In 1968 she became German indoor champion over 200 meters in 24.9 s ahead of Elisabeth Kamphues and Jutta Schachler .
  • She won three German relay championships:
    1963 and 1964 over 4 times 100 meters with the team from Hannover 96 (Christa Elsler as final and second runner)
    1971 over 3 x 800 meters with the VfL Wolfsburg team (under her better-known name Christa Czekay as the starting runner)
  • As a relay runner, she won two German runner-up championships:
    1967 over 4 x 100 meters with the Hannover 96 relay
    1969 over 4 x 100 meters with the relay of MTV Peine
  • In 1963 and 1964 she won the team championship in the pentathlon with the team from Hannover 96 .
  • The year of their greatest success was 1969.
    • On June 23rd in London she ran together with Inge Eckhoff , Antje Gleichfeld and Birgit Hefti over 4 times 400 meters in 3: 41.5 minutes German record. The North German quartet was around seven seconds faster than the DLV selection, whose record, which was only a week old, was 3: 48.4 minutes.
    • On July 4th in Zurich she ran over 200 meters with 23.7 seconds and on July 18 in London with 53.9 seconds over 400 meters.
    • On September 19 in Athens at the European Championships , she was a member of the 4-by-400-meter relay consisting of herself as the starting runner, Antje Gleichfeld, Inge Eckhoff and Christel Frese , which started a new one in 3: 33.9 min Set world record. On September 20th in the final the team was able to improve again and achieved 3: 32.7 minutes. This time meant winning the bronze medal behind Great Britain and France and a new German record.
  • At the European Indoor Championships in Sofia in 1971 , she won the silver medal behind the USSR in 3: 39.6 minutes as the final runner of the relay over 4 times 2 rounds (team: Gisela Ahlemeyer , Gisela Ellenberger , Anette Rückes and Christa Czekay) in 3: 39.6 minutes (gold in 3: 36.6 min (WR)) and ahead of Bulgaria (bronze in 3: 47.9 min)

Best times

  • 100 m: 11.8 s, Bonn May 30, 1971
  • 200 m: 23.7 s, Zurich 4th July 1969
  • 400 m: 53.9 s, London 18th July 1969

literature

  • Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft, p. 177

Source used

  • http: //www.abendblatt.de/extra/service/944949.html?url=/ha/1969/xml/19690623xml/habxml690406_8255.xml newspaper article 1969 (no longer available)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christa Drust: Death: Wolfsburg messages. Retrieved June 27, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Wolfsburger Nachrichten, Wolfsburg, Germany: VfL athletes mourn running ace Christa Drust-Czekay . ( wolfsburger-nachrichten.de [accessed June 27, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Czekay, Christa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elsler, Christa (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Waldenburg Lower Silesia
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 2017