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German sprinter

Rita Wilden

Personal information
Born 9 October 1947
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing West Germany Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich 400 metres Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich 4x400 metre relay European Championships Silver medal – second place 1969 Athens 4 x 100 m Bronze medal – third place 1974 Rome 400 m

Rita Wilden, née Jahn (born 9 October 1947 in Leipzig) is a German athlete, who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

She competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich in the 400 metres where she won the silver medal. Later on in the same Games she helped her teammates Anette Rückes, Inge Bödding and Hildegard Falck to a bronze in the first Olympic women's 4 x 400 m relay. Previously as Rita Jahn she had competed in the 200 metres and on the West German 4 x 100 m relay team at the 1968 Olympics, the team finishing 6th. 1976 was her third and last Olympics, making the semi-final round in the 400, and her team finishing 5th in the 4x400.[1]

She achieved a silver medal on the West German 4x100 metres relay team at the 1969 European Championships and a bronze medal at the 1974 European Championships.[2][3]

  1. ^ Rita Jahn Wilden at Sports Reference
  2. ^ "Profile of Rita WILDEN | All-Athletics.com". Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
  3. ^ "Championships Results : Women's 400m".