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halina the 1964 olympics górecka -lrb- left -rrb- and ewa kłobukowska at sprint aks chorzów górnik zabrze asv köln chorzów , poland 57 kg lb on 260px 1.67 m ftin on 100 -- 23.6 -lrb- 1964 -rrb- m -- 11.5 -lrb- 1964 -rrb- 200 m athletics 4 february 1938 halina górecka and ewa kłobukowska 1964.jpg halina górecka
 halina górecka
halina górecka

halina górecka -lrb- née richter , later herrmann ; born 4 february 1938 -rrb- is a retired polish and german sprinter .
at the summer olympics she competed for poland in 1956 , 1960 and 1964 and for west germany in 1968 .
she won a bronze and a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay in 1960 and 1964 , respectively .
the polish team set a world record in the 1964 final , but it was annulled after one teammate , ewa kłobukowska , failed a gender test in 1967 .
in 1964 górecka won the became a double champion of poland : in 100 m and 200 m , adding to her earlier polish title in the 4 × 100 m relay in 1954 .
in 1965 , at an international meet in dortmund , she defected to west germany and went to cologne to a friend reinhold herrmann .
they married in 1966 .
her appearance for west germany at the 1968 olympic games in mexico city did not result in any medals .
in germany górecka worked as an office clerk .
in 2012 her olympic gold medal was stolen from her apartment .
