Bärbel Podeswa

Bärbel Podeswa
Personal information
Born (1946-12-08) 8 December 1946
Naumburg, East Germany
Sport
SportTrack and field
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1969 Athens4 × 100 m relay
Silver medal – second place1969 Athens100 m hurdles
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place1968 Madrid50 m hurdles
Universiade
Silver medal – second place1970 Turin100 m hurdles

Bärbel Podeswa (née Weidlich; born 8 December 1946) is a retired East German hurdler.

She won the silver medal in 50 m hurdles at the 1968 European Indoor Games, behind Karin Balzer.[1] At the 1969 European Championships she won the silver medal in the 100 metres hurdles, again behind Karin Balzer,[2] as well as a gold medal in 4 × 100 metres relay, together with teammates Renate Meißner, Regina Höfer and Petra Vogt.[3][4] Podeswa then won the silver medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 1970 Summer Universiade,[5] where she also competed in the 100 metres without reaching the final.

Domestically, she won the silver medal at the 1969 East German championships as well as the bronze medals in 1967, 1970 and 1972. Indoors, she won the bronze in 1966 and silver in 1968. She competed for the club SC Chemie Halle.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "European Indoor Championships (Women)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "European Championships (Women)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Women 4x100m Relay Athletics IX European Championships 1969 Athens, Greece". Todor Krastev. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Händler, Mike (16 March 2017). "Ex-Sprinterin Petra Kandarr gestorben". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "World Student Games (Universiade – Women)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Leichtathletik - DDR - Meisterschaften (100m Hürden - Damen)". Sport-Komplett. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Leichtathletik - DDR - Hallen - Meisterschaften (50-55-60m Hürden - Damen)". Sport-Komplett. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
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