Rita Windbrake

Rita Windbrake
Personal information
Born28 July 1945 (1945-07-28) (age 79)
Bornheim
Years active1965-1993
Sport
SportAthletics
ClubASV Köln
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  West Germany
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Deaflympics 14 5 4
Deaflympics
Gold medal – first place Belgrade 1969 400m
Gold medal – first place Belgrade 1969 800m
Gold medal – first place Malmo 1973 1500m
Gold medal – first place Malmo 1973 400m
Gold medal – first place Malmo 1973 800m
Gold medal – first place Bucharest 1977 400m
Gold medal – first place Bucharest 1977 4 × 100m relay
Gold medal – first place Bucharest 1977 800m
Gold medal – first place Korn 1981 1500m
Gold medal – first place Korn 1981 400m
Gold medal – first place Korn 1981 800m
Gold medal – first place Los Angeles 1985 1500m
Gold medal – first place Los Angeles 1985 3000m
Gold medal – first place Los Angeles 1985 800m
Silver medal – second place Bucharest 1977 1500m
Silver medal – second place Bucharest 1977 4 × 400m relay
Silver medal – second place Korn 1981 4 × 100m relay
Silver medal – second place Korn 1977 4 × 400m relay
Silver medal – second place Los Angeles 1985 4 × 400m relay
Bronze medal – third place Washington D.C 1965 4 × 100m relay
Bronze medal – third place Belgrade 1969 4 × 100m relay
Bronze medal – third place Malmo 1973 4 × 100m relay
Bronze medal – third place Los Angeles 1985 4 × 100m relay
Representing  Germany
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Deaflympics 0 1 0
Silver medal – second place Sofia 1993 1500m

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]

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

  1. ^ "Windbrake Rita | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Rita Windbrake". www.mastersathletics.net. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. ^ Hamer, Bernd (1 February 2009). Bergisches Olympiabuch Teil 1: Solingen und Remscheid: Die Teilnehmer der Olympischen Spiele, Paralympics und Deaflympics (in German). BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 9783837054248. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  4. ^ Tenuta, Jean (10 June 1984). "Windbrake Stars For German Deaf". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". www.deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  6. ^ L, Peter (9 June 1984). "Windbrake Getting Better With Time". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  7. ^ "800 meter ALL-TIME Rankings". www.mastersathletics.net. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Women's Athletics | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.