Bärbel Wöckel

Bärbel Wöckel (née Eckert; born 21 March 1955 in Leipzig) is a retired East German sprinter. She never ran a world record in the individual disciplines. However, she ran several world records in the team 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.

Bärbel Wöckel

Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal200 m
1976 Montreal4 × 100 m relay
1980 Moscow200 m
1980 Moscow4 × 100 m relay

Biography

Wöckel won four Olympic gold medals in the 200 metres race, 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.[1]

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.[2]

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 [3]


See also

References
  1. "Bärbel Wöckel fühlt sich noch fit". leichtathletik.de. dpa/pr. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. Turnbull, Simon (5 September 2010). "After a quarter of a century, Koch remains untouchable". The Independent. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  3. "Eberhard Vollmer und Bärbel Wöckel in Halle/Saale vom DLV geehrt". leichtathletik.de. Alexandra Dersch. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Renate Stecher		 Women's 200 m Best Year Performance
1976		 Succeeded by
Irena Szewińska
Preceded by
Marita Koch		 Women's 200 m Best Year Performance
1980		 Succeeded by
Evelyn Ashford


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