Bärbel Wöckel

Bärbel Wöckel, born Eckert on 21 March 1955, is a former East German sprinter who won four Olympic gold medals, taking the 200 metres and the 4 x 100 metres relay at both the 1976 and 1980 Olympics. She never ran an individual world record, but she ran several as part of relay teams with Doris Maletzki, Renate Stecher and Christina Heinich, the last on 8 September 1974 in Rome, and she won the 1974 European Championships relay as anchor in a world record of 42.50. She competed for the club SC Motor Jena, won four national 200 metre titles and three European Cup titles in 1981, and took the 200 metres and relay in Athens in 1982. Documents found after the fall of communism showed that she took part in the state-organised doping programme, but her records and medals have been allowed to stand.