Helga Lindner

Helga Lindner
Helga Lindner at the GDR Swimming Championships in Leipzig (1968)
Personal information
Surname:	Helga Lindner
Nation:	German Democratic Republic
Swimming style (s) :	butterfly
Society:	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, Chemnitz
Birthday:	May 5, 1951
Place of birth:	Chemnitz
Size:	1.71 m
Weight:	66 kg
Medal table

Helga Lindner (born May 5, 1951 in Chemnitz ) is a former swimmer who competed for the GDR .

Career

Lindner's international career began at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , where she missed Olympic victory over the 200 meter butterfly by just a tenth of a second and had to leave the Dutch woman to Ada Kok . In the final of the 100 meter butterfly decision, she finally came eighth.

At the European Swimming Championships in Barcelona in 1970 , she was able to win her only two international titles when she was European champion over 200 meters butterfly and with the 4 × 100 meter relay of the GDR. She also won the silver medal over the 100 meter butterfly.

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , Lindner competed again over the 200-meter butterfly route, but could not repeat the silver medal in Mexico City and ultimately came in sixth.

Trivia

Helga Lindner is the cousin of the swimmer Renate Vogel , who became world champion in the 100 meters and 200 meters chest in 1973 .

Awards (selection)

• 1968 and 1970 - Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze

Web links

Commons : Helga Lindner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Helga Lindner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Helga Lindner in the Swimrankings.net database (English)
• Helga Lindner in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )