Jörg Woithe

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Jörg Woithe at the GDR Swimming Championships in Erfurt (1982)

Personal information
Surname: Jörg Woithe
Nation: Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic
Swimming style (s) : Freestyle
Birthday: April 11, 1963
Place of birth: Berlin
Size: 1.98 m
Medal table

Jörg Woithe (born April 11, 1963 in Berlin ) is a former German swimming athlete who competed for the GDR .

Career

At the beginning of his swimming career he achieved his greatest international swimming success, winning Olympic gold at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow in the 100 meter freestyle and the silver medal in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay.

At the European Championships in Split in 1981 he was runner-up in the 100 meters freestyle in 50.81 seconds.

A year later Woithe became world champion in Guayaquil over 100 meters freestyle with a time of 50.18 seconds. He received the bronze medal for his performance in the 200 meter freestyle in 1: 50.71 minutes.

In 1983 at the European Championships in Rome, he won silver in the 100 meter freestyle in 50.29 seconds, silver in the 200 meter freestyle in 1: 50.18 minutes, silver in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay and bronze in the 4 × 100 meters Freestyle relay and the 4 × 100 meter layer relay .

Two years later, in 1985, he took part in the European Championships in Sofia , where he won silver in the 100 meters freestyle in 50.38 seconds. He swam two more silver medals in the 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay and the 4 × 100 meter relay relay.

In Strasbourg , France , Woithe was the first ever European champion at the 1987 European Swimming Championships over the sprint distance of 50 meters freestyle in 22.66 seconds.

Between 1980 and 1983 Woithe was able to improve the European record over 100 meters freestyle eight times, whereby he remained on March 12, 1982 in Moscow as the first European swimmer under 50 seconds (0: 49.95). It was not until 1987 that Stéphan Caron replaced him as the record holder over this distance when he undercut Woithes last record from June 18, 1983 (0: 49.58, swam in Gera) over this distance with 0: 49.51.

He also improved the European record over 50 meters freestyle to 22.47 seconds in the first and only swimming national match between the GDR and the Federal Republic of Germany in the Munich Olympic swimming pool in 1987 .

Woithe was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit for his sporting successes in 1980 and 1982 .

Successes at GDR championships

  • GDR champion over 50 m freestyle 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988.
  • GDR champion in the 100 m freestyle 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985.
  • GDR champion in the 200 m freestyle 1980, 1981.

Relation to GDR doping

In the course of German reunification and the associated research and archival processing of the practices of GDR doctors and sports officials, many former GDR athletes were identified as being involved in systematic GDR doping . Unlike many other GDR athletes, Jörg Woithe denies having been part of this system and claims to have refused medication despite financial offers in return for participating in the doping system.

literature

Web links

Commons : Jörg Woithe  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Neues Deutschland , August 22, 1980, p. 3
  2. Berliner Zeitung , December 17, 1982, p. 1
  3. "Doping in the GDR" ( memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. online at on-dope.de; As of May 9, 2009 . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.on-dope.de
  4. ^ "Drugs update" article by Swimming World and Junior Swimmer , online at FindArticles.com , July 1998; As of May 9, 2009 .
  5. ^ "Anabolic steroids in nasal spray" ( Memento from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) online at Hamburger Abendblatt , December 5, 1990.