Christel Justen

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Christel Justen (born October 10, 1957 in Oosterhout ; † January 20, 2005 in Waldenburg, Baden-Württemberg ) was a (West) German swimmer . In 1974 she was European champion and sportswoman of the year in the Federal Republic.

Life

Justen grew up in the Dutch border town of Vaals . She belonged to SV Aachen 06 and trained with Claus Vandenhirtz . At the beginning of 1973 she defeated the Olympic champion of the previous year Cathy Carr and the European record holder Galina Stepanova in a competition in Bremen over 100 meters chest . At the international indoor championships in Hamburg she swam a new DSV record in 1: 15.26 minutes , but at the swimming world championships in Belgrade she could not start due to illness.

In the following year, Justen was (West) German champion with the Aachen layer relay (Christel Justen, Ursula Schaps , Ursula Hüber , Waltraut Mathieu ). One month later, Justen was surprisingly European champion in Vienna with the world record time of 1: 12.55 minutes over 100 meters of chest against the overpowering competition from the GDR and then in the same year in the Federal Republic of Germany to the athlete of the year . Then she resigned from competitive sports.

In 1993, Justen testified that as a minor she had been doped with the drug Dianabol without her knowledge by her then trainer Claus Vandenhirtz . Her father had the tablets analyzed; Vandenhirtz then promised not to do that anymore. Vandenhirtz was then again suspicious of anabolic steroids doping in January 1993 .

Christel Justen studied at the Sport University Cologne . She then worked as a sports therapist and sports teacher at TSG Schwäbisch Hall . From 2001 she worked for the Schwäbisch Hall public utilities . She had been suffering from cardiac arrhythmias for several years and died at the age of 47 in her house in Waldenburg near Schwäbisch Hall .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Làzár: Belief in fame and honor , Die Zeit May 4, 1973
  2. ^ Chronicle , Aachen Swimming Association 06 2006
  3. ^ Died: Christel Justen , Der Spiegel January 31, 2005, p. 162
  4. ^ Andreas Singler, Gerhard Treutlein: Doping in top sport. Sports science analyzes of national and international performance development . Aachen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89899-192-6 , p. 202
  5. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung of January 15, 1993, Jauernig, Schober, Quaisser.

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personal data
SURNAME Justen, Christel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German swimmer and sports therapist
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Oosterhout , Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 2005
Place of death Waldenburg (Württemberg)