Gunhild Hoffmeister

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Olympic medal record
Women's Athletics
Silver	1972 Munich	1500 metres
Silver	1976 Montreal	1500 metres
Bronze	1972 Munich	800 metres

Gunhild Hoffmeister (born 6 July 1944 in Forst) is a retired East German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 and 1500 metres.

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich where she won the silver medal in the 1500 metres. She then won her second medal at the games in the 800m by finishing third. Together with Hans Grodotzki she is the only German runner who has won two medals at the same Olympic Games. She returned to the next Olympics in Montreal 1976 where she again finished second in the 1500 m, taking her Olympic tally to 3 medals.

Her personal best time in 1500 metres was 4:01,4 minutes, achieved in July 1976 in Potsdam. This places her ninth on the German all-time list, behind Christiane Wartenberg, Hildegard Körner, Angelika Zauber, Andrea Lange, Ulrike Klapezynski, Beate Liebich, Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim and Brigitte Kraus.^[1]

Hoffmeister competed for the sports club SC Cottbus during her active career.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1971	European Indoor Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	800 m
1972	European Indoor Championships	Grenoble, France	2nd	800 m
	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	3rd	800 m
			2nd	1500 m
1974	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	800 m
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	2nd	800 m
			1st	1500 m
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	3rd	1500 m

[edit] References

• This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.

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