Christina Lathan

Christina Lathan 1980

Christina Lathan , b. Brehmer (born February 28, 1958 in Altdöbern ) is a former German athlete and Olympic champion.

Life

She started training in 1969 at SG Dynamo Senftenberg . It was Gerhard Lootze who gave her important foundations for her athletic development. In September 1973 she was delegated to SC Dynamo Berlin . She became a member of the People's Police , studied economics and after the end of the GDR worked at the public order office in Senftenberg.

Athletic career

In 1976 she set several German records over 400 meters. On April 25, it improved the existing record in Sochi to 50.1 s, on May 1 in Split to 50.39 s and on May 9 in Dresden to 49.77 s, which also meant a world record (the first electronic stopped time under 50 seconds).

At the XXI. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montréal , Canada , she won the silver medal (50.51s) in the 400-meter run behind the Polish Irena Szewińska (gold) and ahead of the German Ellen Streidt (bronze) as well as the team gold medal in the 4-time-400 -Meter relay in world record time together with their teammates Doris Maletzki , Brigitte Rohde and Ellen Streidt. In 1979 she won the indoor championships in the GDR and in 1980 she finished second over 400 meters.

At the XXII. At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow , she achieved the bronze medal over 400 meters behind the also German Marita Koch (gold) and the Czech Jarmila Kratochvílová . She also won a medal over 4 x 400 meters, this time the silver medal, together with her teammates Gabriele Löwe , Barbara Krug and Marita Koch.

Your trainer Inge Utecht praises her strong fighting spirit and will to win, but also her persistence. In her playing days, Christina Lathan was 1.68 m tall and weighed 64 kg.

Sporting successes

1975
Children's and youth spartakiade of the GDR: 200 m and 4 × 100 m	1st place
GDR championships - juniors: 400 m and 4 × 100 m	1st place
European Championships - Juniors: 400 m, 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m	1st place
1976
Olympic Games : 4 × 400 m	gold medal
400 m	Silver medal
1977
European Cup: 4 × 400 m	1st place
World Cup: 4 × 400 m	1st place
1978
GDR championships: 400 m	2nd place
European championships : 4 × 400 m	1st place
400 m	2nd place (50.38 s)
1979
GDR championships: 400 m	1st place
European Cup: 4 × 400 m and 4 × 100 m	1st place
World Cup: 4 × 400 m	1st place
1980
Olympic Games: 4 × 400 m	Silver medal
400 m	Bronze medal (49.66 s)

Awards

• Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver 1976 and 1978
• Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze 1980
• Honorary title Master of Sports 1976
• Honorary title Honored Master of Sport 1976, 1977, 2 × 1978 and 2 × 1980
• Honorary title young activist
• Medal of Merit of the organs of the Ministry of the Interior in bronze and silver
• Medal for excellence in the armed organs of the Ministry of the Interior in 1977
• Artur Becker Gold Medal 1976
• Honorary certificate of the Central Council of the FDJ 1980

literature

• Volker Kluge : The great lexicon of GDR athletes. The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes, medals and biographies. 2nd updated edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89602-538-4 , p. 338.

Web links

Commons : Christina Lathan  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Christina Brehmer-Lathan in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About the honor for the Olympic team of the GDR. Awarded high government awards. Patriotic Order of Merit in silver. In: New Germany . ZEFYS newspaper portal of the Berlin State Library , September 10, 1976, p. 4 , accessed on April 10, 2018 (free registration required).