Veronika Schmidt

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Veronika Hesse Cross-country skiing
nation Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR German Democratic Republic
birthday August 24, 1952
place of birth Harzgerode
Career
society SC Motor Zella-Mehlis
status resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
World Cup medals 1 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
National medals 10 × gold 8 × silver 9 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze 1976 Innsbruck Season
gold 1980 Lake Placid Season
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
silver 1974 Falun Season
gold 1980 Falun 20 km
bronze 1982 Oslo Season
GDR ski championships
bronze 1973 Schmiedefeld 10 km
bronze 1973 Schmiedefeld Season
gold 1974 Klingenthal Season
silver 1974 Klingenthal 5 km
silver 1974 Klingenthal 10 km
bronze 1974 Klingenthal 15 km
silver 1975 Steinheid 10 km
silver 1975 Steinheid 20 km
gold 1976 Lauscha 5 km
gold 1976 Lauscha 10 km
gold 1976 Lauscha Season
bronze 1976 Goldlauter-Heidersbach 20 km
gold 1977 Oberwiesenthal 5 km
silver 1977 Klingenthal 20 km
bronze 1977 Oberwiesenthal Season
bronze 1978 Schmiedefeld 5 km
bronze 1978 Schmiedefeld Season
gold 1979 Oberwiesenthal 5 km
gold 1979 Oberwiesenthal 10 km
gold 1979 Oberwiesenthal Season
silver 1979 Klingenthal 20 km
gold 1980 Klingenthal 5 km
gold 1980 Klingenthal 10 km
silver 1980 Oberwiesenthal 20 km
silver 1982 Oberwiesenthal 10 km
bronze 1982 Oberwiesenthal 5 km
bronze 1982 Oberwiesenthal Season
 
Veronika Hesse, Rudi Hellmann (SED) and Waldemar Cierpinski (right) at the Xth SED party congress in 1981. Photo: Wolfgang Thieme

Veronika Hesse , b. Schmidt, (born August 24, 1952 in Harzgerode ) is a former German cross-country skier who started for the GDR in the 1970s and early 1980s .

Career

Hesse, who started for SC Motor Zella-Mehlis , had her first international success at the 1974 World Championships in Falun . There she won the silver medal with the relay. In the 10 km run, she came in fifth. The following year she took third place with the relay at the Svenska Skidspelen and the Lahti Ski Games . At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , she won the bronze medal with the relay. In the individual races there she came in 12th place over 5 km and eighth place over 10 km. In March 1976 she won the Svenska Skidspelen with the relay and came second behind Barbara Petzold over 10 km. With the relay she came in second place in Lahti. The following year she took second place at the Svenska Skidspelen with the relay and at the Lahti Ski Games third place over 5 km, 20 km and with the relay. At the World Championships in 1978 in Lahti she ran on the 20th place over 10 km and on the eighth place over 20 km. In the 1978/79 season she won the World Cup in Štrbské Pleso over 20 km and took third place with the relay in Falun. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid , she became a relay Olympic champion together with Carola Anding , Marlies Rostock and Barbara Petzold. In addition, she was eighth over 10 km and seventh over 5 km. In March 1980 she became world champion over 20 km at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun. She completed her last international races at the 1982 World Championships in Oslo . There she won the silver medal with the relay and took 20th place over 10 km, 14th place over 5 km and ninth place over 20 km. She won 27 medals at the GDR ski championships . She was champion four times over 5 km (1976, 1977, 1979, 1980) and three times with the relay of SC Motor Zella-Mehlis (1974, 1976, 1979) and over 10 km (1976, 1979, 1980).

In 1980 she was awarded the Silver Patriotic Order of Merit .

successes

winter Olympics

World championships

  • 1974 in Falun : Silver with the relay
  • 1980 in Falun: Gold over 20 km
  • 1982 in Oslo : bronze with the relay

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Results Svenska Skidspelen
  2. ↑ a b c Results Lahti Ski Games
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Veronika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmidt-Hesse, Veronika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Harzgerode