Gisela Kinzel

Gisela Maria Kinzel, born Gottwald ( born May 17, 1961 in Kirchhellen ) is a former German track and field athlete and Olympian, who - starting for the Federal Republic - at the European Championships 1986, the silver medal in the 4 x 400 - meter relay team of Federal Republic won ( 3:22,80 min: Gisela Kinzel, Ute Thimm, Heidi - Elke Gaugel, Gaby Bussmann ). In the 400-meter individual race of the European Championships she was eliminated in the intermediate run by disqualification.

They also launched, but without medal success at the World Championships 1983 ( 4 × 400 m: 6th place), the 1987 World Championships (4 × 400 m: 5th place; 400 m: excreted in the intermediate run) as well as at the Olympic Games in 1984 ( in the flow the 4 x 400 - meter relay used, which took place in the finals 4).

Gisela Kinzel initially belonged to the sports club VfL Gladbeck, later she moved to Eintracht Hamm. In her competition time, she was 1.72 m tall 60 kg heavy.

During her career Kinzel was - as Der Spiegel in 1990 revealed - the EC Eintracht Hamm in the so-called " hammer model " organized into a system under the then national coach Heinz -Jochen Spilker doping involved. From 1984, it was administered with a private agreement Stromba.