Martina Grunert
Martina Grunert 
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Martina Grunert, 1966 |
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| Surname: | Martina Grunert | |||||||||
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 German Democratic Republic
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle, layers | |||||||||
| Birthday: | May 17, 1949 | |||||||||
| Place of birth: | Leipzig | |||||||||
| Size: | 1.62 m | |||||||||
| Weight: | 57 kg | |||||||||
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Martina Grunert (* 17th May 1949 in Leipzig as Martina Abresch ) is a former German swimmer who for the DDR started.
Her first major international sporting event was the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo , in which she participated as a 15-year-old as part of the all-German Olympic team and achieved sixth place with the 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay as her best result.
The first sporting successes came in 1966 when she became European champion in a new European record time in 01: 01.2 over 100 meters freestyle . At the Olympic Games in Mexico in 1968 , she was fifth over the 100 meter freestyle course, with the GDR's 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay she won the silver medal. She won her last major title at the European Championships in Barcelona in 1970 with a gold medal in the 200 meter medley. Then she resigned from competitive sports.
Awards
- 1968: Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
Web links
- Martina Grunert in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
literature
- Wulf Skaun: From Wurzen to Fort Lauderdale - KiJuWu director Martina Abresch invited to the Swimming Hall of Fame. In: ders .: Lauter Leben - story (s) from the Wurzener Land . Wurzen 2015, ISBN 978-3-00-050519-5 , pp. 330–333
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martina Grunert Biography and Statistics . www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
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| SURNAME | Grunert, Martina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abresch, Martina (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |