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Helga Haase z d. Obschernitzki (ur. 9 czerwca 1934 w Siedlcach w Gdańsku, zm. 16 czerwca 1989 w Berlinie Wschodnim) – niemiecka łyżwiarka szybka, dwukrotna medalistka olimpijska.
Helga Haase (née Obschernitzki; 9 June 1934 – 16 June 1989) was a speed skater in East Germany. She was born in Danzig and died in East Berlin.
Als erste deutsche Eisschnellläuferin und als erste Sportlerin der DDR gewann Helga Haase eine Goldmedaille bei den Olympischen Spielen, und dies trotz des Verbots der Einreise für ihren Trainer. Im gleichen Jahr stellte sie den Mehrkampf-Weltrekord in Davos ( Schweiz) auf.
Helga Haase became the first female Olympic speed skating champion, by winning the 500 m in Squaw Valley 1960. She was skating without the help of her trainer Helmut Haase, who was also her husband, because he had been denied a visum, along with several other East German trainers and all of the country’s journalists.
Helga Haase became the first female Olympic speed skating champion, by winning the 500 m in Squaw Valley 1960. She was skating without the help of her trainer Helmut Haase, who was also her husband, because he had been denied a visum, along with several other East German trainers and all of the country's journalists.
Mistrzynią olimpijską na tym dystansie została Niemka Helga Haase, ustanawiając jednocześnie nowy rekord olimpijski. Wyniki
Born in 1934 in what was then known as the Free City of Danzig (now the Polish city of Gdansk), Helga Obschernitzki started out as a handball player before taking up speed skating at Dynamo Berlin, the East German club where she met her coach Helmut Haase, whom she married in 1955.
