Petra Thümer

Petra Thümer
Petra Thümer at the GDR Swimming Championships in East Berlin (1978)
Personal information
Surname:	Petra Thümer
Nation:	German Democratic Republic
Swimming style (s) :	Freestyle
Birthday:	January 29, 1961
Place of birth:	Karl Marx City
Size:	1.74 m
Medal table

Petra Thümer (born January 29, 1961 in Karl-Marx-Stadt ) is a former German swimmer who competed for the GDR .

Life

At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , she was Olympic champion in the 400 m and 800 m freestyle . A year later she won gold in the 200 m, 400 m and 800 m freestyle at the European Championships in Jönköping in 1977 .

In 1976 and 1977 she was able to improve the world record over 400 meters and 800 meters freestyle several times. In 1976 she was awarded the Silver Patriotic Order of Merit .

resignation

In 1979 she ended her career and became a photographer . In 1987 she was inducted into the hall of fame of international swimming .

GDR doping

Officially, Thümer could not take part in the 1978 World Swimming Championships in West Berlin due to an injury, but while the state-decreed forced doping in GDR competitive sports was being dealt with by GDR doctors and sports officials in the GDR doping trial in 1998 before the Berlin Regional Court against four former GDR trainers and doctors, it became known that she got stuck at the ID check because of a positive doping test was feared. During the same process, files were presented that documented the doping doses of anabolic steroids at Petra Thümer, so that there are no longer any doubts about the unlawful achievement of her Olympic victories, European championship titles and world records.

literature

• Olaf W. Reimann:  Thümer, Petra . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

Commons : Petra Thümer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Petra Thümer in the International Swimming Hall of Fame (English)
• Petra Thümer in the Swimrankings.net database (English)
• From the Stasi files of sports medicine doctor Bernd Pansold "On 'brain hormones' and 'criminal offenses'" , Berliner Zeitung , April 16, 1998

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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). 
2. ↑ The syringes were always fully drawn . In: Berliner Zeitung , April 21, 1998
3. ↑ Beaten by men . In: Der Spiegel . No. 38 , 1998 ( online ).