Helma Lehmann

Helma Lehmann (born June 23, 1953 in Plaue as Helma Moravia ) is a former rower from the German Democratic Republic who competed for SC Dynamo Berlin . In 1976 she won the Olympic gold medal with eighth .

In 1973, Helma Moravia took second place behind the boat from the Soviet Union with the GDR eighth at the European Championships in Moscow. From 1974 she started as Helma Lehmann. At the 1974 World Championships in Lucerne, the eighth from the GDR won the world championship title in the line-up of Doris Mosig , Gunhild Blanke , Irina Müller , Brigitte Ahrenholz , Bianka Schwede , Ilona Richter , Henrietta Dobler , Helma Lehmann and taxwoman Sabine Brincker . The GDR eighth had won the first ever world championship title. In 1975 the GDR eighth also won the second world championship title, but Helma Lehmann was not there. Together with Henrietta Dobler, Dagmar Bauer , Irina Müller and Sabine Brincker, she won the title in the four with helmswoman at the Rowing World Championships in 1975 in Nottingham. At the Olympic premiere in women's rowing in Montreal in 1976 , Helma Lehmann was back in eighth position. In the line-up Viola Goretzki , Christiane Knetsch , Ilona Richter, Brigitte Ahrenholz, Monika Kallies , Henrietta Ebert , Helma Lehmann, Irina Müller and helmsman Marina Wilke , the GDR eighth also won the first Olympic gold medal in the eighth.

For her sporting success she was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in 1974 and 1976 .

Remarks

↑ Volker Kluge writes in the entry on Helma Lehmann that “Heike Lehmann” became vice European champion in 1973. According to the cast in the linked source for the European Championships, neither Heike nor Helma Lehmann was a member of the GDR eight in 1973. It is Helma Moravia, who married in 1974, even if neither Volker Kluge nor the sports-reference site mention a maiden name.

literature

Volker Kluge : The great lexicon of GDR athletes. The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes and biographies. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-348-9 , page 236.

Web links

Helma Lehmann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
German successes at world championships
German successes at European championships

Individual evidence

↑ Neues Deutschland , November 30, 1974, p. 2
↑ 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).

personal data
SURNAME	Lehmann, Helma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Moravia, Helma
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German rower
DATE OF BIRTH	June 23, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Plaue

[1] Volker Kluge writes in the entry on Helma Lehmann that “Heike Lehmann” became vice European champion in 1973. According to the cast in the linked source for the European Championships, neither Heike nor Helma Lehmann was a member of the GDR eight in 1973. It is Helma Moravia, who married in 1974, even if neither Volker Kluge nor the sports-reference site mention a maiden name.

[2] Neues Deutschland , November 30, 1974, p. 2

[3] 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).