Ute Noack (born 27 December 1961) is a former
East German
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
cross-country skier
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who competed during the 1980s.
Noack was born in
Annaberg-Buchholz
Annaberg-Buchholz () is a town in Saxony, Germany. Lying in the Ore Mountains, it is the capital of the district of Erzgebirgskreis.
Geography
The town is located in the Ore Mountains, at the side of the ''Pöhlberg'' ( above sea level).
Hi ...
,
Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
The Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, also known as Bezirk Chemnitz, was a district (''Bezirk'') of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Karl-Marx-Stadt, renamed back to Chemnitz during the reunification of Germany.
History
The Chem ...
. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the
1985 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1985 took place January 16–27, 1985 in Seefeld, Austria (near Innsbruck). This was the fourth time the Innsbruck area hosted these championships, having done so in 1933, the 1964 Winter Olympics, and the 1 ...
in
Seefeld Seefeld may refer to:
Places
* Seefeld in Tirol, a tourist resort in Tyrol, Austria
* Seefeld, Bavaria, a town in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany
** Seefeld Castle
* Seefeld, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Hol ...
and also finished 11th in the 20 km event at those same championships.
Noack's best finish at the
Winter Olympics
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was eight in the 5 km event at
Sarajevo
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in
1984
Events
January
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. Her best individual career finish was fourth twice in 1985.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
World Championships
* 1 medal – (1 bronze)
World Cup
Season standings
Team podiums
* 2 podiums
Note: Until the
1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
References
External links
*
Women's 4 x 5 km cross-country relay Olympic results: 1976-2002
1961 births
Living people
People from Annaberg-Buchholz
People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt
German female cross-country skiers
Sportspeople from Saxony
Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
20th-century German women
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