Hildegard Falck
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| Born | 8 June 1949 (age 75) Nettelrede, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hannover 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400 m – 53.1 (1974) 800 m – 1:58.45 (1971)[1] 1500 m – 4:14.6 (1971)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hildegard Falck (née Janze on 8 June 1949) is a retired West German runner. At the 1972 Olympics she won a gold medal in the 800 m and a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay with West German team. In the 800 m final she came only 0.1 seconds ahead of Nijolė Sabaitė and Gunhild Hoffmeister.
On 11 July 1971 Falck ran the 800 m in 1:58.5 minutes in Stuttgart, improving the world record of Vera Nikolic by two seconds. She was the first woman to clock a time under two minutes if the unratified marks of Sin Kim Dan are discounted. Her record stood until 1973.[3]
Before turning to athletics, Falck studied to become a secondary school teacher and trained in handball and swimming. In 1971, besides her 800 m world record, she won a gold medal in the 800 m at the European Indoor Championships and a silver in the 4 × 400 m relay at European Championships; she also helped Ellen Tittel, Sylvia Schenk and Christa Merten to break the 4 × 800 m world record.
Domestically she won the 800 m titles in 1970 and 1971 (both indoor and outdoor), and in 1973 outdoor. In 1972, she was awarded the Silver Bay Leaf of the German Track & Field Association.
Falck was coached by her husband Rolf Falck. They later divorced, and she married Dr. Klaus Kimmich, a pentathlete with whom she had two children.[1]
References
- ^ a b Hildegard Falck. sports-reference.com
- ^ Hildegard Falck. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ Sears, Edward Seldon (2001). Running Through the Ages. McFarland. p. 267. ISBN 978-0-786409-71-6.
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