Uta jewelry
Uta Schmuck (born August 19, 1949 in Limbach , after marriage to Uta Hoffmann ) is a former swimmer who competed for the GDR .
Career
Uta Schmuck began her sporting career in cutter rowing and sea sports and was discovered for swimming. From 1967 she joined the SC Karl-Marx-Stadt . In 1967 she hit the GDR championships as the first over 100 meters freestyle, but was disqualified because of a wrong turn. In 1967 she took second place with the freestyle relay and third with the layer relay.
At the GDR championships in 1968 , she finished second behind Martina Grunert over 100 meters, and third behind Gabriele Wetzko and Martina Grunert over 200 meters . With the freestyle relay she took third place, with the layer relay she was second. At the Olympic Games in 1968 she competed in three disciplines. About 100 meters freestyle she was eliminated in the semifinals. With the GDR layer relay made up of Martina Grunert, Eva Wittke , Helga Lindner and Uta Schmuck, she came in fifth. The GDR freestyle relay won the silver medal behind the US relay in the cast of Martina Grunert, Uta Schmuck, Roswitha Krause and Gabriele Wetzko.
After the Olympic Games, she was to be awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit, but initially refused the honor on the grounds that "sport should be a private matter and not a state matter". She was then persuaded to accept the honor, but now she refused to accept the monetary bonus associated with the honor "because it was officially announced that the award would not involve any material benefits" (sic). Schmuck subsequently declared her retirement from competitive sports and managed to get by with odd jobs for decades. In 1999 she founded her own swimming school.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Lexicon athletes in the GDR. New life publishing house, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-355-01759-6 , pp. 405f
Web links
- Uta jewelry in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- GDR Freestyle Championships
- GDR championships other locations
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jewelry, uta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hoffmann, Uta (married name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Limbach |