Ingeborg "Inge" Bauer, née Exner (born 24 June 1940, in Dittmannsdorf) is a retired East German

pentathlete A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) ( gr, πένταθλον). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of t ...

. She won the bronze medal at the 1966 European Championships with 4713 points and finished seventh at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

with 4849 points. She competed for the athletics team

SC Motor Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Formed in 1903 and initially associated with the Carl Zeiss AG factory, they were one of the strongest clubs in East Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s, winning the DDR-O ...

during her active career.

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* 1940 births Living people People from Karviná District Silesian-German people East German pentathletes Olympic athletes of East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists {{East Germany-athletics-bio-stub