Silke Möller
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Medal record | ||
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Women's Athletics | ||
Representing East Germany | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1988 Seoul | 4x100 m relay | |
World Championships | ||
1983 Helsinki | 4x100 m relay | |
1987 Rome | 100 m | |
1987 Rome | 200 m | |
1987 Rome | 4x100 m relay |
Silke Möller (née Gladisch; born June 20, 1964 in Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a German athlete, who in the 1980s competed for East Germany as one of the best female sprinters in the world. Her best result was a world record in the 4 × 100 m relay at the World cup in Canberra on October 6, 1985. She and teammates Sabine Rieger, Marlies Göhr, and Ingrid Auerswald ran a time of 41.37 seconds which lasted until 2012.
Biography
During her career Möller always stood in the shadows of Göhr, Marita Koch, and Heike Drechsler. Only in 1987, while still using her maiden name Gladisch, did she come into her own: at the track and field world championship of 1987 she won two titles – in the 100 m sprint and the 200 m sprint, as well as second place with the 4 × 100 m relay team. With these results she was chosen as the East German sportswoman of the year.
Möller's 200m final performance at Rome in 1987 was exceptionally fast, she stopped the clock at 21.74 seconds. She had won the race by several meters and defeated a world class field including Florence Griffith and Merlene Ottey. Her time of 21.74 seconds was only just outside the then world record of 21.71 held by Marita Koch and Heile Drechsler.
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul she won the silver medal as a member of the East German 4 × 100 m relay team (she had at that time taken the name Möller).
In 1992 she was implicated with Katrin Krabbe and Grit Breuer in a doping scandal, but would later be cleared by the International Athletic Federation (IAAF). Shortly before the 1992 Summer Olympics she quit her athletic career and began to study history in Rostock. She worked as a history and sports teacher. She has a daughter (Kristin).
Möller represented the Empor Rostock sport club and trained under Wolfgang Meier (Marita Koch's coach and now Husband). While she was actively competing, she was 1.63 metres tall and weighed 57 kilograms.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing East Germany | |||||
1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | semifinal | 100 m | 11.30 |
1st | 4 × 100 m | 41.76 | |||
1985 | World Indoor Games | Paris, France | 1st | 60 m | 7.20 |
European Indoor Indoor Championships | Piraeus, Greece | 4th | 60 m | 7.24 | |
World Cup | Canberra, Australia | 1st | 4 × 100 m | 41.37 | |
1986 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid, Spain | 3rd | 60 m | 7.14 |
European Champiosnhips | Stuttgart, West Germany | 4th | 100 m | 11.09 | |
3rd | 200 m | 22.49 | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m | 41.84 | |||
1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 1st | 100 m | 10.90 |
1st | 200 m | 21.74 | |||
2nd | 4 × 100 m | 41.95 | |||
1988 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | 60 m | 7.05 |
Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | semifinal | 100 m | 11.12 | |
5th | 200 m | 22.09 | |||
2nd | 4 × 100 m | 42.09 | |||
1989 | World Cup | Barcelona, Spain | 3rd | 100 m | 11.24 |
1st | 200 m | 22.46 | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m | 42.21 | |||
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 2nd | 100 m | 11.10 |
1st | 4 × 100 m | 41.68 |
Other results
- 1981 Junior European champion in the 4 × 100 m relay (43.77 seconds)
- 1985 European Cup: winner in the 4 × 100 m relay
- 1987 European Cup winner in the 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay
See also
External links
- Silke Möller profile at IAAF
Awards | ||
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Preceded by | East German Sportswoman of the Year 1987 |
Succeeded by Kristin Otto |
Sporting positions | ||
Preceded by | Women's 200m Best Year Performance 1987 |
Succeeded by Florence Griffith-Joyner |
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- IAAF ID different in Wikidata
- 1964 births
- Living people
- People from Stralsund
- East German sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of East Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists