Rita Windbrake
Rita Windbrake (born 28 July 1945) is a former German deaf track and field athlete.[1] She represented both West Germany and Germany at Deaflympics, World Deaf Championships.[2][3]
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| Born | 28 July 1945 (age 76) Bornheim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1965-1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ASV Köln | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Windbrake competed at the Deaflympics on seven occasions from 1965 to 1993.[4]
Rita Windbrake is considered one of the greatest Deaflympic athletes of all time with a career record of 24 medals at the Deaflympics, including 14 gold medals.[5]
In 1984, she won the German-American 1500 metres Deaf track meet.[6]
She also holds several world records in Athletics including 800 metres for women.[7] Windbrake also holds the Deaflympic records for 800 metres, 1000 metres, 1500 metres etc.[8]
References
- "Windbrake Rita | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
- "Rita Windbrake". www.mastersathletics.net. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
- Hamer, Bernd (2009-02-01). Bergisches Olympiabuch Teil 1: Solingen und Remscheid: Die Teilnehmer der Olympischen Spiele, Paralympics und Deaflympics (in German). BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 9783837054248.
- Tenuta, Jean (1984-06-10). "Windbrake Stars For German Deaf". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
- "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". www.deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 2017-10-05.
- L, Peter (1984-06-09). "Windbrake Getting Better With Time". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
- "800 meter ALL-TIME Rankings". www.mastersathletics.net. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
- "Women's Athletics | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
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