Helga Haase

Helga Haase, born Obschernitzki ( born June 9, 1934 in Gdansk Schidlitz, † June 16, 1989 in Berlin) was a speed skater of the GDR.

Life

The daughter of a working class family fled when the war ended with her siblings from Gdansk to Neumühlestrasse in Mecklenburg. She learned after visiting the elementary school from 1949 to 1952 the profession of an accountant and then worked in the profession. In 1952 she was member of the German People's Police ( DVP ) and worked as an accountant at the DVP to 1984, most recently as a major.

Sports career

Her career began in 1952, when she imagined 18 years at SC Dynamo Berlin, who was looking for speed skaters at this time. 1957-1967 reached Haase 21 DDR league titles, including nine titles in the all around. At the Olympic Winter Games in 1960 in Squaw Valley, she won the gold medal in the 500 m silver medal in the 1000 m and eighth place above 1,500 meters. As the first German speed skater and first female athlete of the GDR Helga Haase won a gold medal at the Olympic Games, and this. Despite the ban of entry for their coach In the same year, she established the all-around world record in Davos ( Switzerland ). At the Olympic Games 1964 in Innsbruck, it reached a fourth place above 1000 m and a fifth above 1,500 meters.

Awards

Others

In 1955 she brought her daughter Cornelia to the world and then married her coach Helmut Haase. From 1961 to 1979 she was a member of the Presidium and DTSB 1965-1984 Trainer at SC Dynamo Berlin. 1978 saw her grandson Robert the light of day. In 1984 she retired.