Ellen Tittel
![]() Tittel at the 1972 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1948-06-28)28 June 1948 Mühlbach (Müglitztal), Saxony, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 October 2023(2023-10-07) (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 44 kg (97 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 800 m, 1500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Gerd Osenberg[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 800 m – 2:03.1 (1971) 1500 m – 4:06.65 (1972)[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ellen Tittel (later Wellmann, later Wessinghage, 28 June 1948 – 7 October 2023) was a West German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 m event. She won the European indoor title in 1973, placing third in 1975, and had another third-place finish at the 1971 European Outdoor Championships. She reached the 1500 m finals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, but abandoned the 1972 race due to stomach cramps.[4] In 1971 she helped to set a new world record in the 4 × 800 m relay.[1]
Domestically Tittel set a national record in 1969 and won the national title in 1970–76. In 1975 she was chosen the German Sportspersonality of the Year.[1]
Tittel was a lawyer by profession.[1] Before turning to athletics she tried gymnastics, but found it too boring.[4] She married two fellow Olympic middle-distance runners, first Paul-Heinz Wellmann,[1] and a few years later Thomas Wessinghage.[2] With Wessinghage she had a son Daniel.[4] She died on 7 October 2023, at the age of 75.[5]
References
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- ^ a b c d e Ellen Wessinghage. leverkusen.com
- ^ a b Ellen Tittel-Wellmann Archived 4 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Ellen Wellmann (née Tittel). trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ a b c Bill Bruns (6 March 1978). "Thomas Wessinghage Finished Behind Ellen's First Hubby—but Only in the Olympics". People. 9 (9).
- ^ "Ellen Tittel-Wellmann". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
Records | ||
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Preceded by Mia Gommers | Women's mile world record holder 20 August 1971 – 8 August 1973 | Succeeded by Paola Pigni |
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Preceded by Christel Justen | German Sportswoman of the Year 1975 | Succeeded by |
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- 1971:
Margaret Beacham (GBR)
- 1972:
Tamara Pangelova (URS)
- 1973:
Ellen Wessinghage (FRG)
- 1974:
Tonka Petrova (BUL)
- 1975:
Natalia Mărășescu (ROM)
- 1976:
Brigitte Kraus (FRG)
- 1977:
Mary Stewart (GBR)
- 1978:
Ileana Silai (ROM)
- 1979:
Natalia Mărășescu (ROM)
- 1980:
Tamara Koba (URS)
- 1981:
Agnese Possamai (ITA)
- 1982:
Gabriella Dorio (ITA)
- 1983:
Brigitte Kraus (FRG)
- 1984:
Fița Lovin (ROM)
- 1985:
Doina Melinte (ROM)
- 1987:
Sandra Gasser (SUI)
- 1988:
Doina Melinte (ROM)
- 1989:
Paula Ivan (ROM)
- 1990:
Doina Melinte (ROM)
- 1992:
Yekaterina Podkopayeva (EUN)
- 1994:
Yekaterina Podkopayeva (EUN)
- 1996:
Carla Sacramento (POR)
- 1998:
Theresia Kiesl (AUT)
- 2000:
Violeta Szekely (ROM)
- 2002:
Yekaterina Puzanova (RUS)
- 2005:
Elena Iagăr (ROM)
- 2007:
Lidia Chojecka (POL)
- 2009:
Natalia Rodríguez (ESP)
- 2011:
Elena Arzhakova (RUS)
- 2013:
Abeba Aregawi (SWE)
- 2013:
Abeba Aregawi (SWE)
- 2015:
Sifan Hassan (NED)
- 2017:
Laura Muir (GBR)
- 2019:
Laura Muir (GBR)
- 2021:
Elise Vanderelst (BEL)
- 2023:
Laura Muir (GBR)