Ellen Tittel
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Tittel (left) at the 1972 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
21 January 1953 (age 63) Mühlbach, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 44 kg (97 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 800 m, 1500 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Gerd Osenberg[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) |
800 m – 2:03.1 (1971) 1500 m – 4:06.65 (1972)[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ellen Tittel (later Wellmann, later Wessinghage, born 21 January 1953) is a retired West German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 m event. She won the European indoor title in 1973, placing third in 1975, and had another third-place finish at the 1971 European Outdoor Championships. She reached the 1500 m finals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, but abandoned the 1972 race due to stomach cramps.[4] In 1971 she helped to set a new world record in the 4 × 800 m relay.[1]
Domestically Tittel set a national record in 1969 and won the national title in 1970-76. In 1975 she was chosen the German Sportspersonality of the Year.[1]
Tittel is a lawyer by profession.[1] Before turning to athletics she tried gymnastics, but found it too boring.[4] She married two fellow Olympic middle-distance runners, first Paul-Heinz Wellmann,[1] and a few years later Thomas Wessinghage.[2] With Wessinghage she has a son Daniel.[4]
References
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- 1 2 3 4 5 Ellen Wessinghage. leverkusen.com
- 1 2 Ellen Tittel-Wellmann. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Ellen Wellmann (neé Tittel). trackfield.brinkster.net
- 1 2 3 Bill Bruns (March 6, 1978). "Thomas Wessinghage Finished Behind Ellen's First Hubby—but Only in the Olympics". People. 9 (9).
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Preceded by Christel Justen |
German Sportswoman of the Year 1975 |
Succeeded by Rosi Mittermaier |