Verena Eberle

Verena Eberle
Personal information
Surname:	Verena Eberle
Nickname (s):	Vreni
Nation:	BR Germany
Swimming style (s) :	chest
Birthday:	November 13, 1950
Place of birth:	Munich
Size:	1.80 m
Medal table

Verena Eberle (born November 13, 1950 in Munich ) is a former German swimmer .

She celebrated numerous successes in swimming at the national level. Verena Eberle achieved her greatest success at the 1972 Summer Olympics in her native Munich.

Career

Swimming career

It was not until 1961, at the age of 11, that Eberle began swimming training. In 1964 she won the Bavarian championship title over 200 meters breast. Her first international competitions took place in Oslo , Pressburg , Stockholm , Paris and Budapest , among others .

At the national level, the breakthrough followed in 1968 , when she secured participation in the Summer Olympics in Mexico City by finishing second at the German Championships . The unfamiliar mountain air at the venue could be a reason for the early failure in the heats over 100 meters and 200 meters chest.

In the 1972 Olympic year, she became German champion over 200 meters breast, which qualified her for the summer games in Munich. There she won the bronze medal with the 4 × 100 meter layer relay, behind the GDR and the USA . Eberle was the only relay swimmer who was seeded in the run-up to ensure that the individual relay relay secured eighth place , just a tenth of a second, ahead of the Australians and thus reached the Olympic final. In the individual competition over 100 meters chest she took 6th place in the final. She couldn't get more than 200 meters chest beyond the forerun.

After the Olympic Games in Munich, Verena Eberle ended her active swimming career when she was not yet 22 years old.

For her athletic performance, she was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf on September 11, 1972.

Private career

In 1970 she finished high school with a general university entrance qualification. Professionally, she trained as a physiotherapist and physiotherapist. Verena Eberle has been married to Wolfried Hawe since 1977. Together they have 4 children who are also involved in swimming or who are still actively training. Verena Hawe has been a volunteer trainer at the SG Oberland swimming club since 1984 .

Web links

• Verena Eberle in the Swimrankings.net database (English)
• Verena Eberle in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sports report of the federal government of September 26, 1903 to the Bundestag - printed matter 7/1040 - page 77