Helga Lindner
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 Lindner in 1968 | ||
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| Women's swimming | ||
Representing  East Germany
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| Summer Olympic Games | ||
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1968 Mexico City | 200 m butterfly |
| European Championships | ||
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1970 Barcelona | 4×100 m medley |
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1970 Barcelona | 200 m butterfly |
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1970 Barcelona | 100 m butterfly |
Helga Lindner (later Härtel; 5 May 1951 – 3 November 2021) was a German swimmer. Born in Chemnitz, East Germany, she competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
In 1968 she won a silver medal in the women's 200 m butterfly. Dutch competitor Ada Kok won the gold by one-tenth of a second, then the smallest unit of time in the Olympic swimming contests. She also competed in the 100 m butterfly and, as part of a team of four which included Uta Schmuck, the 4 × 100 m medley relay. The East German team came in fifth.[1]
She participated in the 1970 European Aquatics Championships in Barcelona. She and three other swimmers (as a team) from East Germany won a gold medal in the women's 4×100 m medley relay.[2] She personally won a gold medal in the women's 200 m butterfly.[3] She also won a silver medal in the women's 100 m butterfly.[4]
She later competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics, but did not win any medals. She was part of the 200 m butterfly event.
Lindner died on 3 November 2021, at the age of 70.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming Olympic Games 1968 at Mexico City (mex) Women: 4 x 100 m Medley Relay". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ^ "Swimming European Championships Women: 4 x 100 m Medley Relay". Sports123.com. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ^ "Swimming European Championships Women: 200 m Butterfly". Sports123.com. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ^ "Swimming European Championships Women: 100 m Butterfly". Sports123.com. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ^ TRAUER Trauer Um Europameisterin Helga Lindner-Härtel
External links
[edit]- "Gabriele Wetzko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
- "Literature by and about Helga Lindner". German National Library (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2008.
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| National | |
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- 1951 births
- 2021 deaths
- East German female butterfly swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for East Germany
- Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
- Sportspeople from Chemnitz
- Swimmers from Saxony
- German female butterfly swimmers
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt