Rita Windbrake Explained
Rita Windbrake |
Birth Place: | Bornheim |
Years Active: | 1965-1993 |
Sport: | Athletics |
Club: | ASV Köln |
Rita Windbrake (born 28 July 1945) is a former German deaf track and field athlete.[1] She represented both West Germany and Germany at Deaflympics, World Deaf Championships.[2] [3]
Windbrake competed at the Deaflympics on seven occasions from 1965 to 1993.[4]
Rita Windbrake is considered one of the greatest Deaflympic athletes of all time with a career record of 24 medals at the Deaflympics, including 14 gold medals.[5]
In 1984, she won the German-American 1500 metres Deaf track meet.[6]
She also holds several world records in Athletics including 800 metres for women.[7] Windbrake also holds the Deaflympic records for 800 metres, 1000 metres, 1500 metres etc.[8]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Windbrake Rita Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2017-11-01. 7 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170707111355/http://deaflympics.com/athletes.asp?2871. live.
- Web site: Rita Windbrake . www.mastersathletics.net . en . 2017-10-05 . 5 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171005152255/http://www.mastersathletics.net/index.php?id=1996 . live .
- Book: Hamer, Bernd . Bergisches Olympiabuch Teil 1: Solingen und Remscheid: Die Teilnehmer der Olympischen Spiele, Paralympics und Deaflympics . 1 February 2009 . BoD – Books on Demand . 9783837054248 . de . 19 November 2020 . 13 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230413094919/https://books.google.com/books?id=-gwh6ExN-CUC&q=Rita+Windbrake+Deaflympics&pg=PA50 . live .
- News: Windbrake Stars For German Deaf . Tenuta . Jean . 10 June 1984 . Washington Post . 2018-01-09 . en-US . 0190-8286 . 28 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170828104700/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1984/06/10/windbrake-stars-for-german-deaf/af8b8dc7-a055-4b2c-b7c4-cd1ba9c389a1/ . live .
- Web site: Deaflympics 2017 Samsun . www.deaflympics2017.org . tr . 2017-10-05 . 5 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171005151957/http://www.deaflympics2017.org/en/deaflympics-tarihinin-en-basarili-sporculari-detail/242 . live .
- News: Windbrake Getting Better With Time . L . Peter . 9 June 1984 . Washington Post . 2017-10-05 . en-US . 0190-8286 . 5 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171005154329/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1984/06/09/windbrake-getting-better-with-time/3d8efb44-9834-4535-9aa9-2ae84fbb68af/ . live .
- Web site: 800 meter ALL-TIME Rankings . www.mastersathletics.net . 2017-10-05 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204842/http://www.mastersathletics.net/fileadmin/html/Rankings/All_Time/800metreswomen.htm . dead .
- Web site: Women's Athletics Deaflympics. www.deaflympics.com. en. 2017-10-05. 4 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171104233250/http://www.deaflympics.com/athletes.asp?record/deaflympics/at/w. live.