Petra Animally

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Animally in 1969 during training in Königssee.

Petra Tierlich , married Völkel (born February 25, 1945 in Vielau , Saxony ) is a former East German luge athlete .

Petra Tierlich started her sports career at ESV Lok Zwickau before she was delegated to SC Traktor Oberwiesenthal , where she was a club mate of other successful tobogganers like Anna-Maria Müller . At the World Championships in 1965 and 1967, she won the silver medal - behind Ortrun Enderlein . In 1969 she became world champion, which was her greatest personal success. For this success she was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit. At GDR championships, she achieved second place as the best placement in 1965.

After she had to end her career because of a herniated disc, Tierlich returned to Zwickau , where she worked as a trainer until 1975 and actively played volleyball. Professionally, Tierlich worked as a technologist in the VEB Bau- und Montage-Kombinat Süd until the fall of the Berlin Wall .

literature

  • Bodo Harenberg (ed.): The stars of the sport from A-Z . Darmstadt 1970

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Neues Deutschland , January 24, 1970, p. 3
  2. ↑ Freie Presse, local edition Werdau of October 27, 2014, p. 7. (according to GENIOS)
personal data
SURNAME Animally, Petra
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Völkel, Petra (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German luge athlete
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Vielau