Halina Herrmann

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Halina Herrmann
medal table
Halina Górecka (3rd from right), 1964
Halina Górecka (3rd from right), 1964

Sprinter

PolandPoland Poland
Olympic games
gold 1964 Tokyo 4 × 100 m
bronze 1960 Rome 4 × 100 m

Halina Sylwia Herrmann (née Richter , Górecka after her first marriage ; born February 4, 1938 in Königshütte , Autonomous Voivodeship Silesia ) is a former Polish-German athlete and Olympic champion.

Life

She first took part in the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 . There, however, she failed in the 100-meter run and with the 4-by-100-meter relay in the preliminary round. The 1960 Olympic Games in Rome were more successful for them . The Polish relay team won the bronze medal behind the teams of the United States and Germany in the line-up of Teresa Wieczorek , Barbara Janiszewska , Celina Jesionowska and Halina Richter. In the 100- and 200-meter run , however, she missed the finals.

After their first marriage, Halina Richter took on as Halina Górecka. She had her most successful season in 1964. She was Polish champion over 100 and 200 meters. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 she experienced the climax of her career. The Polish 4 x 100 meter relay won the title in the line-up of Teresa Ciepły (Wieczorek), Irena Kirszenstein , Halina Górecka and Ewa Kłobukowska in a world record time of 43.6 s. In the 100-meter run, Górecka finished seventh in 11.8 s.

In 1965, during an international match against Germany in Dortmund, she left the Polish team and found refuge with her childhood friend Reinhold Herrmann, whom she married the following year. At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Górecka competed under the name Herrmann for the Federal Republic of Germany. She started in the 100 and 200-meter run, but was eliminated in the preliminary round.

Halina Herrmann is 1.67 m tall and had a competition weight of 57 kg. She started for the athletics departments of the AKS Chorzów (1953–1959) and Górnik Zabrze (1960–1964) as well as for the ASV Cologne (from 1965).

She settled in Rösrath near Cologne . In 2012, when her apartment was broken into, her gold medal was stolen.

In 2014, she visited Poland for the first time since her escape 49 years earlier.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Amrhein: Biographical Handbook on the History of German Athletics 1898-2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft, p. 450
  2. Kölnische Rundschau: Burglars steal Olympic gold medal , November 20, 2012
  3. Halina Górecka - polska złota medalistka wróciła do kraju po 49 latach eurosport.pl, June 14, 2014.