Ellen Tittel
 Tittel (left) at the 1972 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 June 1948 (age 73) Mühlbach (Müglitztal), Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 44 kg (97 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 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, born 28 June 1948) is a retired 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 is 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 has a son Daniel.[4]
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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).
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- 1948 births
- Living people
- People from Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
- German female middle-distance runners
- Sportspeople from Saxony
- Olympic athletes of West Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Universiade gold medalists for West Germany