Helga Haase
Helga Haase , née Helga Obschernitzki (born June 9, 1934 in Danzig -Schidlitz, † August 16, 1989 in Berlin ) was a speed skater in the GDR .
Life
The daughter of a working-class family fled with her siblings from Danzig to Neumühle in Mecklenburg at the end of the war . After attending primary school from 1949 to 1952, she learned the profession of accountant and then worked in the profession. In 1952 she became a member of the German People's Police (DVP) and worked as an accountant for the DVP until 1984, most recently in the rank of major .
Sports career
Her career began in 1952 when, at the age of 18, she introduced herself to SC Dynamo Berlin , which was looking for speed skaters at the time . 1957 to 1967 Haase reached 21 GDR championship titles, nine of them in all-around. At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley , she won the gold medal over 500 m, the silver medal over 1000 m and eighth place over 1500 m. As the first German speed skater and the first female athlete in the GDR, Helga Haase won a gold medal at the Olympic Games, and this despite the entry ban for her trainer. In the same year she set the all-around world record in Davos ( Switzerland ). At the Olympic Games in Innsbruck in 1964 , she achieved fourth place over 1000 m and fifth place over 1500 m.
Awards
- In 1960 she was awarded the Silver Patriotic Order of Merit .
Others
In 1955 she gave birth to her daughter Cornelia and then married her trainer Helmut Haase . From 1961 to 1979 she was a member of the DTSB Presidium and from 1965 to 1984 a trainer at SC Dynamo Berlin. In 1978 her grandson Robert was born. In 1984 she retired.
literature
- Klaus Gallinat, Olaf W. Reimann: Haase, Helga . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- 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. 195.
Web links
- Helga Haase in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Statistics from Helga Haase at Speedskatingnews
- DER SPIEGEL 6/1966 "Millions for medals"
1960: Helga Haase | 1964: Lidija Skoblikowa | 1968: Lyudmila Titowa | 1972: Anne Henning | 1976: Sheila Young | 1980: Karin Enke | 1984: Christa Rothenburger | 1988: Bonnie Blair | 1992: Bonnie Blair | 1994: Bonnie Blair | 1998: Catriona LeMay Doan | 2002: Catriona LeMay Doan | 2006: Svetlana Schurowa | 2010: Lee Sang-hwa | 2014: Lee Sang-hwa | 2018: Nao Kodaira
Individual evidence
- ^ Jubilation around Helga Haase and Recknagel , In: Berliner Zeitung , March 3, 1960, p. 1
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haase, Helga |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Obschernitzki, Helga (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German speed skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig -Schidlitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1989 |
| Place of death | Berlin |