Helga Schmidt

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Helga Schmidt , married Neuber (born February 19, 1937 in Ammendorf ; † September 14, 2018 ) was a German swimmer .

Life

Helga Schmidt learned to swim when she moved to Oldenburg when she was ten . During her school and university days Schmidt was active for the Oldenburger SV 02 , in 1961, like many top players of those days later, moved to the south of the republic to TSV 1846 Mannheim and in 1964 to KSN 99 Karlsruhe . From 1952 to 1964 she won 27 German championship titles, including 13 victories in a row over the 100 meters back, and was thus for many years the most successful swimmer on the national stage together with Ursel Brunner and Heike Hustede . On the back distances over 100 meters and over 200 meters, she set a total of 26 German records.

Her greatest international success was fourth place over 100 meters back at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1: 13.4 seconds. Although they both the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome and at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo each faster than swam in the finals of 1956, she left there each made in the flow. She was awarded the silver bay leaf .

Schmidt-Neuber studied at the Bremen University of the Arts from 1957 to 1961 and has worked as an artist ever since. She was married to Senate Councilor Götz Neuber and lived in Dötlingen - Klattenhof .

literature

  • Bernhard Hesterbrink: Portrait of the winner (PDF; 3.6 MB) , p. 92
  • Lothar Wieser: 150 years of gymnastics and sport in Mannheim . Mannheim 1996, p. 124
  • On the twelve-meter track to Olympia , Nordwest-Zeitung September 29, 2005

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helga Schmidt-Neuber passed away . ( lsn-info.de [accessed October 12, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Helga
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neuber, Helga (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Ammendorf
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 2018