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Helga Haase (née Obschernitzki, June 9, 1934 – June 16, 1989) was a speedskater in the GDR.
She was born in Danzig and died in East Berlin.
[edit] Career
Her career began 1952, when she introduced herself with 18 years at the SC Dynamo Berlin, which looked for ice high-speed runners at this time. In the same year it took up also her activity with the Volkspolizei. 1955, she brought her daughter Cornelia to the world and married thereupon her coach Helmut Haase. From 1957 to 1967, Haase (hare) reached over 21 GDR master skating titles, of it nine titles in combination results (samalog). With the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley,[1] she won the gold medal over 500 m, the silver medal over 1000 m and the respected place over 1500 m. as first German speedskater and as a first sportswoman of the GDR won Helga Haase gold medal at the Olympic Games, and all of this despite the prohibition of the entry for her coach. In the same year she set up the multi-combat world record in Davos (Switzerland).[2] 1964, again reached she a fourth place over 1000 m and a fifth place over 1500 m with the Olympic Games in Innsbruck. 1978, her grandson Robert Haase discovered the light of the world. Starting from 1984 she went because of disablement into a pension.[3] She worked also in the central guidance of the Sportvereinigung Dynamo.
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