Christel Frese
Christel Frese (born 3 August 1944 in Lennep) is a German former athlete who was successful as a 400-meter runner in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She competed for the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1972 Olympics. She won one silver and one bronze medal at European Championships with the 4x400-meter relay of the Federal Republic of Germany. In the years 1975-1977 she played in women's football for the SSG 09 Bergisch Gladbach and made her best at the German women's football championship in 1977. Career. Christel Frese grew up in  Meggen and was initially a member of the TV Meggen, where she trained under Gerd Manke. In 1964, she came to Cologne to study sports and joined the local Armeesportvereinigung Vorwärts. Her coach was Fredy Wehrmann, who supervised Frese at 49 German championships. Frese began her athletic career as a sprinter over 100 and 200 meters. She had her first medal in 1966, when she came in second place at the German Championships in the 4 x 100-meter relay with the ASV behind the representation of Hamburger SV. Then she switched to the 400-meter track. In 1968, she  played her first international match in Buxtehude. Besides, the years 1969 and 1970 were the most successful years in Frese's career. In 1969, she won her first German championship over 400 meters and a bronze medal at the European Championships in Athens as the final runner of the 4 x 400 -meter relay. In 1970, for three times she affirmed the German record over 400 meters and on 22 August 1970 won at the European Cup in Budapest, the silver medal. Also she became vice European champion in the hall. Another second place behind Marilyn Neufville she achieved at  the open AAA Championships in London. Christel Frese failed twice with her single medal at open air European Championships: In 1969 , the West German team proclaimed the refusal to start for Jürgen May in the individual competitions and in 1971, in Helsinki Frese came only to the semifinals due to an injury-related training backlog. In 1971, she won the Internationales Stadionfest in Berlin. She took part in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, after she had recently improved the German record, but injured in the 400-meter interlude and thus could not compete for the season. Throughout her career , Christel Frese won 9 German and six European Championship titles and has run 15 German, 4 European and 3 world records. Totally she won 26 country battles. Personal achievements of Christel Frese: In 1975, Christel Frese ended her career as an athlete and became a footballer. She played one after another for the following clubs: She also worked as a trainer for VFL. Later, she went to TuS Halberbracht, a village club in Lennestadt, where she led the first goalkeeper training and later the training of the girls' football team. Personal life. From 1968 to 2007, Christel Frese worked as  a teacher of sports, mathematics and biology at the Marienschule. Among her students was Silke Rottenberg. She is a member of the Breed Breeding Association under the name Christel Frese-Gerber. Sport achievements. Records. German records. 52.7 s, scored on 16 July at the international match Germany-USA in Stuttgart 52.6 s, scored on 8 August in Berlin 52.4 s, scored on 11 October. With this achievement, she took the third place in the annual world best list. 52.2 s, scored on 20 May in Bonn. However, this record no longer appears in the lists of the German Athletics Association , as the GDR athlete Helga Seidler had already run 400 meters in 52.2 s the previous year and the record lists of the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR were merged. Silver 400 m (53.5 s) behind Helga Fischer (GDR) (53.2 s) and ahead of Wera Popkowa (USSR) (54.0 s) European Cup. Silver 4 × 400 m (3: 37.2 min) behind the GDR (3: 37.0 min) and in front of Great Britain (3: 37.8 min) German championships over 4 × 400 m of women were held in 1975 for the first time.