Antje Gleichfeld
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![]() Antje Gleichfeld at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Birth name | Antje Braasch | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 31 March 1938 Hamburg, Germany | (age 86)||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 800 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | TuS Alstertal, Hamburg[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 800 m – 2:03.7 (1966) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Antje Gleichfeld (née Braasch on 31 March 1938) is a retired German middle-distance runner.
Biography
[edit]Gleichfeld's father was killed on the fronts of World War II, and she had to take odd jobs from the age of six to help support her family. As a teenager she played handball before changing to athletics.[1]
Competing in the 800 m Gleichfeld finished fifth at the Olympic Games in 1960 and 1964; she won a bronze medal at the 1966 European Championships. She also won three medals at the Universiade; a gold in 1961 and silver medals in 1963 and 1965.[2] At the 1969 European Championships she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay, together with teammates Christa Czekay, Inge Eckhoff and Christel Frese.
Domestically she represented the sports club LG Alstertal-Garstedt. She became West German 800 m outdoor champion in 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1966,[3] and indoor champion in 1962 and 1965.[4] In the 400 metres she became West German champion in 1965.[5]
Gleichfeld set three world records: in the 800 m indoor in 1965 (2:07.1), in the 4 × 400 m relay in 1969 (3:33.9) and in the 3×800 m relay in 1967 (6:21.0), as well as one European and eight national records. In 1964 she became the first German woman to run 800 m faster than 2:05 minutes. The same year she was awarded the Silver Bay Leaf by the German Track and Field Association. She married Detlev Gleichfeld, also a middle-distance runner.[1]
References
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- ^ a b c Antje Gleichfeld. sports-reference.com
- ^ World Student Games (Universiade – Women) – GBR Athletics
- ^ West German championships, women's 800 metres – Sport-Komplett
- ^ West German indoor championships, women's 800 metres – Sport-Komplett
- ^ West German championships, women's 400 metres – Sport-Komplett
- 1938 births
- Living people
- West German female sprinters
- West German female middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for the United Team of Germany
- Olympic athletes for West Germany
- Athletes from Hamburg
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for West Germany
- Medalists at the 1959 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1963 Summer Universiade
- West German Athletics Championships winners