Ursula Donath

Ursula ( " Ulla " ) Donath, born Jurewitz, ( born July 30, 1931 in women Castle, Latvia ) is a former German track and field athlete and Olympian, in Rome won the bronze medal in the 800 meter sprint at the 1960 Olympic Games. She started for the GDR in the joint team of both German states.

Under her birth name Ursula Jurewitz she achieved on August 19, 1953, first by the International Athletics Federation ( IAAF) recognized DDR World Record: 2:12,6 min for 880 yards, ran in Budapest, at the same time over 800 meters DDR record ( 2:11,8 min).

In 1952 she was first East German champion in the 800 -meter run. In the years 1953 and 1955 you get three European records in the 400 - meter dash ( 55.7 s, June 25, 1953 in Berlin, 55.0 s, August 6, 1954 in Budapest, 54.4 s, August 5, 1955 in Warsaw), they were also world records ( records led the IAAF until 1 January 1957). At Olympic Games, these routes were not yet in the program, so its the 1956 Olympics escaped. At the European Championships in Berne in 1954 could not start GDR athletes.

She had a competition weight of 54 kg at a height of 1.67 m.

The Jurewitz family in 1941 initially resettled from Latvia to Poznan in Poland; after the Second World War, she grew up in Luckenwalde.

Ursula Donath belonged to the SC Hall of chemistry and coached until 1957 at Ewald Mertens and later with her ​​husband, Dr. Rolf Donath (1951 DDR champion in the 800 -meter run, 1952 GDR Champion in the 1500 meter race ). In 1961 she ended her sports career. In 1960 she was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze. She has worked as a sports teacher at the Martin- Luther -University Halle -Wittenberg until 1991. She lives as a pensioner and grandmother of five grandchildren in Halle ( Saale).