Hildegard Falk (nee Jantse June 8, 1949) is a West German athlete. At the 1972 Olympics, she won the gold medal in the 800m race and the bronze medal in the 4x400m relay race. In the final at the distance of 800m, she was only 0.1 seconds ahead of Nyöle Sabait and Gunhild Hoffmeister.
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| Full name | Hildegard Falk | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date and place of birth | or Bad Münder am Deister , Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth | 173 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hannover 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 400 m - 53.1 (1974) 800 m - 1.58.45 (1971) 1,500 m - 4.14.6 (1971) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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On July 11, 1971 in Stuttgart, Falk ran 800 m for 1.58.5, improving Vera Nikolic's world record by two seconds. She was the first woman to run out of the race in two minutes (except for the unratified result of Sin Kim Dan). Her record stood until 1973. [3]
Before becoming a professional athlete, Falk studied as a high school teacher and was involved in handball and swimming. In 1971, in addition to the 800 m world record, she won a gold medal in the 800 m race at the European Indoor Championships and silver in the 4 × 400 m relay at the European Championships; Together with Ellen Tittel, Sylvia Schenk and Krista Merten, she set a world record in the 4 × 800 m relay.
In the national championships, she won 800 m in 1970 and 1971 (in indoor and outdoor stadiums), and in 1973 in open stadiums. In 1972, she was awarded the Silver Bay Leaf of the German Athletics Association.
Falk was coached by her husband Rolf Falk. They later divorced, and she married Dr. Klaus Kimmich, a pentathlete, from whom she gave birth to two children. [four]
Links
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 1034724878 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ IAAF Athlete Database
- ↑ Sears, Edward Seldon. Running Through the Ages . - McFarland , 2001. - P. 267. - ISBN 978-0-786409-71-6 .
- ↑ Hildegard Falck Archived on October 25, 2012. . sports-reference.com
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| Predecessor Vera Nikolic | World record holder at a distance of 800 m among women July 11, 1971 - August 24, 1973 | Follower Svetla Zlateva |