Ingrid Becker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ingrid Becker

German athlete

Date of Birth: 26-Sep-1942

Place of Birth: Geseke, Free State of Prussia, Germany

Profession: politician, sprinter, athletics competitor

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Ingrid Becker

  • Ingrid Mickler-Becker (née Becker on 26 September 1942) is a former West German athlete.
  • Her name is sometimes written incorrectly as Ingrid Mickler in result lists.
  • Her international career lasted from 1960 to 1972.
  • She won the pentathlon gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 4×100 m relay gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
  • Becker was the first German woman to clear 1.70 m in high jump (1970) and 6.50 m in the long jump (1967).At the 1969 European Athletics Championships she won a silver medal as a member of the 4×100 metre relay team.
  • In 1970 she won the European Cup Final in 100 metres, defeating the favourite Renate Stecher (GDR).
  • Next year she won two European titles, in the long jump and 4×100 m relay, and placed second in the 100 meters.Becker was elected German Sportswoman of the Year in 1968 and 1971, and received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt (Silver Bay Leaf) in 1968.
  • In 1969 she was awarded the Rudolf Harbig Memorial Award, and then for many years worked for the German Sports Federation.
  • In 1982–84 and 1986–90 she was vice president of the Federal Panel of Women Sports of the German Athletics Association.In 1990 she became secretary of state in Rhineland-Palatinate, but lost this position when her party, the CDU, lost the election in 1991.
  • Afterwards she worked for a German-Swiss consultancy company.
  • In 2005, she was awarded the "Goldene Sportpyramide" (Golden Sport Pyramid) from the Deutsche Sporthilfe (German Sports Aid), and in 2006 she was inducted into the Germany's Sports Hall of Fame.
  • She is a member of the German National Olympic Committee.

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