Doris Maletzki

Doris Maletzki , divorced Brachmann (born June 11, 1952 in Salzwedel ) is a former German athlete who was successful in the sprint in the 1970s - starting for the GDR . a. 1976 as a relay Olympic champion.

Athletic career

Given the dominance of other GDR sprinters, she only achieved great international successes in the relay competitions:

• In 1974 she became European champion in the 4 x 100 meter relay race (42.51 s, together with Christina Heinich , Bärbel Eckert and Renate Stecher ). She also started in these championships in the 200-meter run , but was eliminated in the semifinals.
• In 1976 she won the gold medal in the 4 x 400 meter run (3: 19.23 min, together with Brigitte Rohde , Ellen Streidt and Christina Brehmer ) at the Olympic Games in Montréal .

Doris Maletzki started for SC Dynamo Berlin and trained with Günter Sauer . In her active days she was 1.68 m tall and weighed 56 kg. After her sports career, she became a financial economist, was a captain in the People's Police , worked in a leading position at the Berlin Football Association and then as an employee at the German Olympic Institute.

Awards

• 1974 Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze and 1976 in silver

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. 367.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Neues Deutschland , January 4, 1986, p. 15
2. ↑ Neues Deutschland, November 30, 1974, p. 2
3. ^ New Germany, September 10, 1976, p. 4