Hannelore Anke

Hannelore Anke

Hannelore Anke (1975)

Personal information

Surname:

Hannelore Anke

Nation:

German Democratic Republic

Swimming style (s) :

chest

Birthday:

December 8, 1957

Place of birth:

Schneeberg (Ore Mountains)

Size:

1.60 m

Medal table

Medals

Olympic games
gold	1976 Montreal	100 m chest
gold	1976 Montreal	4 × 100 m layers
World Championship
gold	1975 Cali	100 m chest
gold	1975 Cali	200 m chest
gold	1975 Cali	4 × 100 m layers
silver	1978 Belgrade	200 m chest

Hannelore Anke married. Hofmann (born December 8, 1957 in Schneeberg (Erzgebirge) ) is a former German swimmer who competed for the GDR .

Career

She competed in her first major competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , when she competed over 200 m breaststroke at the age of 14, but did not get beyond the preliminary run.

The first successes came in 1973 when she became vice world champion in Belgrade over 200 meters chest. In 1975 she was able to win the title at the swimming world championships in Cali over 100 meters and 200 meters chest as well as with the 4 × 100 meter relay . However represented the peak of their career, the Summer Olympics in 1976 in Montreal is when she in a new world record time over 100 meters breaststroke and the 4 x 100 meter medley relay GDR Olympic champion was. In the same year she was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver for these achievements .

In 1990 she was inducted into the international swimming pool 's hall of fame .

GDR doping

In the course of the GDR doping process and the related research and archival processing of the practices of GDR doctors and sports officials , Bernd Pansold , the long-time GDR doctor and unofficial employee of the Stasi, provided extensive information about the situation during the GDR era. He confirmed that doping drugs were administered to minors. Hannelore Anke was injected with testosterone .

literature

Olaf W. Reimann: Anke, Hannelore . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

Commons : Hannelore Anke - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Hannelore Anke in the International Swimming Hall of Fame (English)
Hannelore Anke in the Swimrankings.net database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ 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).
^ "On 'brain hormones' and 'criminal offenses'" online at the Berliner Zeitung , April 16, 1998; As of May 5, 2009 .

personal data
SURNAME	Anke, Hannelore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 8, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schneeberg (Ore Mountains)

[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).

[2] "On 'brain hormones' and 'criminal offenses'" online at the Berliner Zeitung , April 16, 1998; As of May 5, 2009 .