Hildegard Falck

Hildegard Falck (born Janze; born June 8, 1949 in Nettelrede ) is a former German middle distance runner and Olympic champion in the 800 -meter run. From 1971 to 1973 she was the world record holder of this route.

She won at the Indoor Athletics Championships 1971 in Sofia in 2:06,1 min with 0.4 seconds ahead of the Romanian Ileana Silai. In the same year she ran in the German Athletics Championships in Stuttgart Neckar Stadium the first woman to 800 meters under two minutes. In 1:58,5 min, they improved the world record of the Yugoslav Vera Nikolić by 2.0 seconds. At the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, she joined as a favorite in the 800 meters, but fell in the final. In the 4 x 400 - meter relay team won the West German team in the cast Anette Rückes, Christel Frese, Falck and Inge Bödding silver behind the relay from the GDR. On July 31, she was in Lübeck involved in a world record in the 4 x 800 - meter relay ( 8:16,8 min: Ellen Tittel, Sylvia Schenk, Christa Merten, Falck ).

Her biggest success was the Olympic gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich in the 800 -meter run, as they min on the home stretch strong emerging Nijolė Sabaite in 1:58,6 defeated by 0.1 seconds. In addition, she won with the West German team bronze in the 4 x 400 - meter relay.

She won in 1970 and 1971 at the German Indoor Championships; 1970, 1971 and 1973 she won at the outdoor championships. 1972, the year of her Olympic victory she succumbed at the German Championships Sylvia Schenk.

Hildegard Falck is 1,73 m tall and weighed 58 kg in their active time. First you came for Hannover 96, VfL Wolfsburg later on. She is married in second marriage and bears the name Kimmich.

For her contribution to the sport in Lower Saxony, she was accepted into the gallery of honor of Lower Saxony Lower Saxony Institute for Sports of sports history.

Personal Best

  • 400 m: 53.1 s, August 21, 1974 Berlin ( handgestoppt )
  • 800 m: 1:58,45 min, July 11, 1971, Stuttgart
  • 1500 m: 4:14,6 min, September 3, 1971 Munich
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