Ingrid Becker

Ingrid Becker

Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing West Germany
European Athletics Championships
	1969 Athens	4x100 metre relay
	1971 Helsinki	Long Jump
	1971 Helsinki	4x100 metre relay
	1971 Helsinki	100 metres
Olympic Games
	1968 Mexico City	Pentathlon
	1972 Munich	4x100 metre relay

Ingrid Mickler-Becker (née Ingrid Becker; born September 26, 1942 in Geseke, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a former West German athlete and a double Olympic champion. Her name is sometimes written incorrectly as Ingrid Mickler in result lists.

Biography

Her international career lasted from 1960 to 1972. She won the pentathlon gold medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 4 x 100 m relay gold medal with the West German team in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

She took home a silver medal as a member of the 4 x 100 metre relay team at the 1969 European Athletics Championships.

She won the European Cup Final in 100 metres in 1970, defeating the favoured Renate Stecher (GDR).

She is also a double European Champion (long jump and 4 x 100 m relay with the West German team in the 1971 European Championships). She won a silver medal in the 100 meters.

In 1990 she became secretary of state in Rhineland-Palatinate but lost this position when her party, the CDU, lost the election in 1991.

She is a personal member of the National Olympic Committee of Germany.

External links

• Sports Reference

Awards
Preceded by Liesel Westermann	German Sportswoman of the Year 1968	Succeeded by Liesel Westermann
Preceded by Heide Rosendahl	German Sportswoman of the Year 1971	Succeeded by Heide Rosendahl