Bärbel Wöckel facts for kids
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| Medal record | ||
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| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  East Germany |
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| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1976 Montreal | 200 m |
| Gold | 1976 Montreal | 4 × 100 m relay |
| Gold | 1980 Moscow | 200 m |
| Gold | 1980 Moscow | 4 × 100 m relay |
Bärbel Wöckel (née Eckert; born 21 March 1955) is a former East German sprinter. She never ran a world record in the individual disciplines. However, she ran several world records as part of relay teams with Doris Maletzki, Renate Stecher and Christina Heinich over 4 x 100 meters, the last time on September 8, 1974, in Rome. At the GDR Championships she took first place in the 4 x 100 meter relay in 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981 to 1984. In 1976 she won third place with the team. During this time she was in the state-organized doping program.
Biography
Wöckel won four Olympic gold medals between the 200 metres race and 4 × 100 metres relay, two each in the 1976 and 1980 Olympics. In each of those years, Wöckel placed first in the 200 m and 4 × 100 metres relay races.
She won a gold medal at the 1974 European Championships as the anchor of the 4 × 100 m relay, which set a world record of 42.50. She won the gold in the 200 m and as a part of the 4 × 100 m relay team as well as a silver in the 100 metres at the 1982 European Championships.
Bärbel Wöckel competed for the club SC Motor Jena during her active career.
Her rival, Marita Koch, complained in a letter that Bärbel received higher doses of steroids than her, because she had relatives in the company Jenapharm.
Awards Selection
- 1974: Patriotic Order of Merit (German: Vaterländischer Verdienstorden, or VVO) in Bronze
- 1976: Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- 1980 and 1984: Patriotic Order of Merit in gold
- 2018: DLV-Ehrennadel in gold
See also
In Spanish: Bärbel Wöckel para niños
- German all-time top lists – 100 metres
- German all-time top lists – 200 metres
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
