Gesine Walther
Gesine Walther ( born October 6, 1962 in White Rock, married Gesine Tettenborn ) is a German track and field athlete, who in the 1980s - starting for the GDR - was a successful sprinter.
Life
Gesine Walther reached its sporting highlight at the European Championships in 1982, when she and the GDR - season title in the 4 x 100 - meter race won ( 42.19 s; together with Bärbel Wöckel, Sabine Rieger and Marlies Goehr ).
At the same European Championships she finished fifth in the 100 - meter dash ( 11.38 s ) and fourth in the 200 - meter dash ( 22.60 seconds).
On 3 June 1984 she ran in Erfurt together with Sabine Busch, Dagmar Rübsam and Marita Koch a relay world record over 4 times 400 meters - in the time of 3:15,92 min. Shortly after, she ended her performance sports career at the age of 22 years. By his own admission, they did this in order to allow her brother, who was due to a failed escape attempt in the GDR in custody the prisoner ransom.
At the age of 17, she was administered doping substances knowingly first time in preparation for the Olympic Games in 1980. As a result of the East German State Doping she now suffers physical and mental limitations. The case against her former coach Eberhard König was adjusted against payment of a fine. In January 2010, she let herself spread it on his own request from the record list because their achievements have been achieved by means of doping.
Gesine Walther started for the SC Turbine Erfurt. In her playing days, she was 1.76 m tall and weighed 65 kg.