Silke Möller
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Stralsund
- Main sights :* The Brick Gothic historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.* The heart of the old town is the Old Market Square , with the Gothic Town Hall . Behind the town hall stands the imposing Nikolaikirche , built in 1270-1360...
, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
athlete, who in the 1980s competed for East Germany as one of the best female sprinters
Sprint (race)
Sprints are short running events in athletics and track and field. Races over short distances are among the oldest running competitions. The first 13 editions of the Ancient Olympic Games featured only one event—the stadion race, which was a race from one end of the stadium to the other...
in the world. Her best result was a world record in the 4 x 100 metres relay
4 x 100 metres relay
The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...
at the World cup in Canberra
Canberra
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on October 6, 1985. She and teammates Sabine Rieger, Marlies Göhr
Marlies Göhr
Marlies Göhr is a former East German athlete, the winner of the 100 m at the inaugural World Championships in 1983. She ranked in the top 10 of the 100 m world rankings for twelve straight years, ranking first in six of those years...
, and Ingrid Auerswald
Ingrid Auerswald
Ingrid Lange, née Brestrich, divorced Auerswald is a retired German athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres....
ran a time of 41.37 seconds.
During her career Möller always stood in the shadows of Göhr, Marita Koch
Marita Koch
Marita Koch , is a former sprint track and field athlete...
, and Heike Drechsler
Heike Drechsler
Heike Gabriela Drechsler née Daute is a German track and field athlete. She is one of the most successful female long jumpers of all time and also had several successes in sprint disciplines.She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump...
. Only in 1987, while still using her maiden name Gladisch, did she beat them: at the track and field world championship of 1987 she won two titles – in the 100 metres
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...
sprint and the 200 metres
200 metres
A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...
sprint, as well as second place with the 4 x 100 metres relay team. With these results she was chosen as the East German sportswoman of the year. At the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
in Seoul
Seoul
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she won the silver medal
Silver medal
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as a member of the East German 4 x 100 metres relay team (she had at that time taken the name Möller).
In 1992 she was implicated with Katrin Krabbe
Katrin Krabbe
Katrin Krabbe is a female athlete who competed for the German Democratic Republic and Germany thereafter...
and Grit Breuer
Grit Breuer
Grit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events....
in a doping scandal, but would later be cleared by the International Athletic Federation (IAAF). Shortly before the 92 Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
she quit her athletic career and began to study history in Rostock
Rostock
Rostock -Early history:In the 11th century Polabian Slavs founded a settlement at the Warnow river called Roztoc ; the name Rostock is derived from that designation. The Danish king Valdemar I set the town aflame in 1161.Afterwards the place was settled by German traders...
. She worked as a history and sports teacher. She has a daughter (Kristin).
Möller represented the Empor Rostock sport club and trained with Wolfgang Meier. While she was actively competing, she was 1.63 metres tall and weighed 57 kilograms.
Other results
- 1981 Junior European champion in the 4 x 100 m relay (43.77 seconds)
- 1983 World champion in the 4 x 100 m relay (41.76 seconds, with Marita Koch, Ingrid Auerswald and Marlies Göhr)
- 1985 European Cup: winner in the 4 x 100 m relay
- 1986 European Championships: 1st place in the 4 x 100 m relay (41.84 second, together with Sabine Günther, Ingrid Auerswald and Marlies Göhr; 3rd place in the 200 m (22.49 seconds), 4th place in the 100 m (11.09 seconds)
- 1987 European Cup winner in the 200 m and 4 x 100 m relay
- 1988 Olympic Games: 5th place in the 200 m (22.09 seconds)
- 1989 World Cup in Barcelona: Winner in the 200 m, and with the 4 x 100 m relay. Third in the 100 m; European cup: Winner in the 200 m and 4 x 100 m relay.
- 1990 European Championships: 2nd place in the 100 m (11.10 second), European champion in the 4 x 100 m relay (41.68 seconds, with Katrin Krabbe, Sabine Günther and Kerstin Behrendt)