Antje Gleichfeld

German middle-distance runner

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Antje Gleichfeld

Antje Gleichfeld at the 1964 Olympics

Personal information

Birth name

Antje Braasch

Born

31 March 1938 (1938-03-31) (age 86)
Hamburg, Germany

Height

1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Weight

69 kg (152 lb)

Sport

Athletics

Event

800 m

Club

TuS Alstertal, Hamburg^[1]

Achievements and titles

Personal best

800 m – 2:03.7 (1966)

Medal record

Representing West Germany

European Championships
	1966 Budapest	800 m
	1969 Athens	4×400 m relay
Summer Universiade
	1961 Sofia	800 m

Antje Gleichfeld (née Braasch on 31 March 1938) is a retired German middle-distance runner.

Biography

Gleichfeld's father was killed on the fronts of World War II, and she had to take odd jobs from the age of six to help support her family. As a teenager she played handball before changing to athletics.^[1]

Competing in the 800 m Gleichfeld finished fifth at the Olympic Games in 1960 and 1964; she won a bronze medal at the 1966 European Championships. She also won three medals at the Universiade; a gold in 1961 and silver medals in 1963 and 1965.^[2] At the 1969 European Championships she won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay, together with teammates Christa Czekay, Inge Eckhoff and Christel Frese.

Domestically she represented the sports club LG Alstertal-Garstedt. She became West German 800 m outdoor champion in 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1966,^[3] and indoor champion in 1962 and 1965.^[4] In the 400 metres she became West German champion in 1965.^[5]

Gleichfeld set three world records: in the 800 m indoor in 1965 (2:07.1), in the 4 × 400 m relay in 1969 (3:33.9) and in the 3×800 m relay in 1967 (6:21.0), as well as one European and eight national records. In 1964 she became the first German woman to run 800 m faster than 2:05 minutes. The same year she was awarded the Silver Bay Leaf by the German Track and Field Association. She married Detlev Gleichfeld, also a middle-distance runner.^[1]