Inge Görmer

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The speed skaters Helmut Kuhnert , Inge Görmer, both SC Dynamo Berlin and Erich Löwenberger , SC Einheit, Berlin

Inge Görmer , (born April 11, 1934 ) is a former German speed skater who took part in numerous national and international competitions between 1953 and 1960.

Life and sporting development

Inge Görmer during training in the Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle Berlin

Inge Görmer took part in an international championship five times. At the World Cup , she took part four times as an East German (1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959); as a member of the all-German team , she took part in the Olympic Winter Games ( 1960 ).

In her international debut at the World Championships Allround 1956 she was 10th, at the World Championships Allround 1957 15th and at the World Championships Allround 1958 she came in 15th and had her best performance over 1500 m and 300 m with two fifth places. The 1960 Winter Olympics probably did not bring Inge Görmer what she expected: a 16th place over 1500 m and 13th place over 3000 m.

February 3, 1960: Inge Görmer on the 400 m lane in the Davos ice stadium

Successes (selection)

  • Her best finish at the Olympic Games was a 13th place over 3000 meters in 5: 37.5 minutes in Squaw Valley .
  • At the all-round world championships in 1958, she achieved a 7th place in the mini four-way fight.
  • Between 1953 and 1960 Inge Görmer was subscribed to second place at the National Championships, only after Margit Grobe , and later Helga Haase was too fast for her.

literature

  • Margot Budzisch, Klaus Huhn, Lothar Skorning , Günther Wonneberger: Chronicle of GDR Sports. Spotless-Verlag, Berlin 2000.
  • Klaus Huhn : The GDR at the Olympics, 1956-1988. Spotless-Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-933544-43-2 .
  • 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 .
  • Alfred Zickow: 100 Years of the German Speed ​​Skating Championships, 1891-1991. A contribution to the history of speed skating. DESG, Berlin 1991.

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personal data
SURNAME Görmer, Inge
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1934