Ingrid Mickler-Becker (; née ''Becker'' on 26 September 1942) sometimes written incorrectly as Ingrid Mickler is a former West German

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who won gold medals at both the 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games.

Biography

Her international career lasted from 1960 to 1972. She finished second behind

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in the long jump event at the British

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. She won the

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gold medal at the

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and the 4 × 100 m relay gold medal at the

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. Becker was the first German woman to clear 1.70 m in

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(1960) and 6.50 m in the

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(1967).Ingrid Mickler-Becker
. Sports Reference At the 1969 European Athletics Championships she won a silver medal as a member of the 4 × 100 metre relay team. In 1970 she won the European Cup Final in 100 metres, defeating the favourite

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(GDR). Next year she won two European titles, in the

and 4 × 100 m relay, and placed second in the 100 meters. She won the British

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title at the

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. Becker was elected German Sportswoman of the Year in 1968 and 1971, and received the

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(Silver Bay Leaf) in 1968. In 1969 she was awarded the Rudolf Harbig Memorial Award, and then for many years worked for the German Sports Federation. In 1982–84 and 1986–90 she was vice president of the Federal Panel of Women Sports of the

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. In 1990 she became secretary of state in

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, but lost this position when her party, the CDU, lost the election in 1991. Afterwards she worked for a German-Swiss consultancy company. In 2005, she was awarded the "Goldene Sportpyramide" (Golden Sport Pyramid) from the Deutsche Sporthilfe (German Sports Aid), and in 2006 she was inducted into the

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. She is a member of the German

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Becker, Ingrid 1942 births Living people People from Geseke Athletes from Arnsberg (region) West German pentathletes West German female sprinters West German female high jumpers West German female long jumpers Olympic athletes for the United Team of Germany Olympic athletes for West Germany Olympic gold medalists for West Germany Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists West German Athletics Championships winners