Gudrun Beckmann
Gudrun Beckmann 
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| Surname: | Gudrun Beckmann | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Swimming style (s) : | butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | 17th August 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Dusseldorf | ||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 1.74 m | ||||||||||||||||||
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Gudrun Beckmann (born August 17, 1955 in Düsseldorf ) is a former German swimmer who competed for the Federal Republic of Germany . She won two Olympic bronze medals in 1972.
Life
Gudrun Beckmann started for the DSV School Max Ritter Saarbrücken until 1975 and then switched to SSF Bonn . At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, she improved the (West) German record over 100 meters butterfly to 1: 04.15 minutes and was seventh. The German 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay with Jutta Weber , Heidemarie Reineck , Gudrun Beckmann and Angela Steinbach won bronze behind the relay teams from the USA and the GDR . She also won bronze with the 4 × 100-meter layer relay made up of Silke Pielen , Verena Eberle , Gudrun Beckmann and Heidemarie Reineck.
In 1973 the first swimming world championship took place in Belgrade . The freestyle relay won bronze in the same line-up as in Munich behind the GDR and the USA. After a sixth place in the 100 meter butterfly, she won a second bronze medal with the tier relay made up of Angelika Grieser , Petra Nows , Gudrun Beckmann and Jutta Weber. At the 1974 European Championships in Vienna and at the 1975 World Swimming Championships in Cali , Beckmann was seventh over the 100 meter butterfly. In 1976 at the Olympic Games in Montreal Beckmann did not reach the final and also retired with the layer relay in the preliminary run. In the freestyle relay, it was only used in the lead-up.
She was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on September 11, 1972 for her athletic achievements.
Gudrun Beckmann became German champion over 100 meters butterfly in 1973 , 1974 , 1975 and 1977 .
literature
- National Olympic Committee for Germany: Munich Kiel 1972. The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany. Frankfurt am Main 1972
Web links
- Gudrun Beckmann in the Swimrankings.net database (English)
- Gudrun Beckmann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Sports report of the Federal Government of September 29, 1973 to the Bundestag - Printed matter 7/1040 - page 78
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| SURNAME | Beckmann, Gudrun |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |