Halina Górecka

Sylwia Halina Herrmann (born judge, up to their departure for Germany Górecka ) ( born February 4, 1938 in Chorzów, Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship ), is a former Polish- German track and field athlete and Olympic champion.

Life

At the Olympic Games for the first time in 1956 she took part in Melbourne. There, however, she failed in the 100 - meter dash and the 4 x 100 - meter relay, respectively in the preliminary round. Successful ran the Olympics for them in Rome in 1960. The Polish squadron won in the lineup Teresa Wieczorek, Barbara Janiszewska, Celina Jesionowska and Halina Górecka ( under her birth name judges) the bronze medal behind the teams in the United States and Germany. In the 100 - and 200 -meter run Górecka missed, however the final.

Their most successful season they had in 1964. She was Polish champion in the 100 and 200 meters. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, she experienced the highlight of her career. The Polish 4 x 100 - meter relay team took in the lineup Teresa Ciepły ( Wieczorek ), Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka and Ewa Kłobukowska the title in a world record time of 43.6 s in the 100 - meter race in 11 occupied Górecka, 8 s in seventh place.

In 1965 she fled from Poland. While a country fight against Germany in Dortmund she sat down on the Polish team and took refuge with her ​​childhood friend Reinhold Herrmann, whom she married the following year. At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City Górecka entered under the name Herrmann for the Federal Republic of Germany. She started in the 100 - and 200 -meter run, but different from each in the preliminary round.

Halina Górecka is 1,67 m tall and had a competition weight of 57 kg. She started for the athletics departments of the AKS Chorzów (1953-1959) and Gornik Zabrze of (1960-1964) and for the ASV Köln (from 1965).

Nowadays she lives in Rösrath near Cologne. ( November 2012 )

On November 19, 2012 was stolen during a burglary in her apartment, among other things their gold medal.