Burglinde Pollak
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Born | 10 June 1951 Alt-Plötzin, East Germany | (age 73)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Pentathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | ASK Vorwärts Potsdam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 4932 (1973) 4707 (1980) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Burglinde Pollak (later Grimm, born 10 June 1951) is a retired German pentathlete. She won bronze medals at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and finished sixth in 1980.[1] At the European championships she won three silver medals, in 1971, 1974 and 1978. Pollak set three world records, in 1970, 1972 and 1973.[2] After retiring from competitions she worked as a physiotherapist at her own clinic.[3]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Burglinde Pollak.
- ^ Burglinde Pollak. sports-reference.com
- ^ Women, Pentathlon > World Records Progression. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ Hans Groschupp (10 June 2011) "Die ewige Weltrekordlerin", Märkische Allgemeine
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- People from Bezirk Potsdam
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