Ingrid Krämer

Medal record

Ingrid Krämer at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
Women's Diving
Competitor for  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold 1960 Rome Springboard
Gold 1960 Rome Platform
Gold 1964 Tokyo Springboard
Silver 1964 Tokyo Platform

Ingrid Krämer (later Engel-Krämer, later Gulbin, born July 29, 1943) is a diver from East Germany and Olympic champion.

She was born in Dresden.

Krämer competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics for the Unified Team of Germany. She received a gold medal in Springboard Diving, and a gold medal in Platform Diving in 1960.[1]

At the 1964 Tokyo while competing under the name Engel-Krämer, she received a gold medal in Springboard and a silver medal in Platform Diving.[2]

Four years later at the 1968 Games she competed for East Germany and used the name Gulbin. She finished fifth in the 3 metre springboard competition.

Awards

She was elected (East) German Sportspersonality of the year 1960, 1962, 1963 and 1964.

She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1975.[3]

References

  1. ^ "1960 Summer Olympics – Rome, Italy – Diving" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 13, 2008)
  2. ^ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Diving" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on June 13, 2008)
  3. ^ "INGRID KRAMER (GDR) – 1975 Honor Diver" – International Swimming Hall of Fame (Retrieved on June 13, 2008)

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