Christiane Lanzke
Christiane Lanzke (15 March 1947 – 2005) was a German diver and actress. She competed in the 10 m platform and 3 m springboard at the 1964 Summer Olympics and finished in fifth and tenth place, respectively. She won a silver medal in the springboard event at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships.
Christiane Lanzke
Ulrich Kohls · Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-C0820-0016-004 / Kohls, Ulrich / CC-BY-SA 3.0 · This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Name
- Christiane Lanzke
- Born
- 15 March 1947
- Birthplace
- Potsdam, Soviet occupation zone in Germany
- Died
- 2005
- Place of death
- Rostock, Germany
- Nationality
- Germany · German Democratic Republic
- Occupation
- actress · competitive diver
- Languages
- German
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Christiane Lanzke (15 March 1947 – 2005) was a German diver and actress. She competed in the 10 m platform and 3 m springboard at the 1964 Summer Olympics and finished in fifth and tenth place, respectively. She won a silver medal in the springboard event at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships.
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She retired from competitions in 1966 due to a shoulder injury. The same year she began her career as actress playing the lead role of a diver in the film Das Mädchen auf dem Brett (The girl on the board). Despite injury she performed all dives in the film. Later she studied acting at the German Film School in Potsdam and worked on stage in Halle and Greifswald. She also took small roles in the films Unterwegs zu Lenin (1970), Tscheljuskin (1970), Du und ich und Klein-Paris (1970), Mein lieber Robinson (1971) and Der Mann, der nach der Oma kam (1971). Lanzke drowned herself in the Baltic Sea near Rostock in 2005.
For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Zentralbild-Kohls Stu-Qu 21.8.1964 Die Olympia-Ausscheidungen... der Wasserspringer wurden am 20.8.1964 im Agrippa-Bad von Köln mit den Kämpfen im Kunstspringen der Damen und im Turmspringen der Herren fortgesetzt. UBz.: Christiane Lanzk
Ulrich Kohls · Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-C0821-0015-006 / Kohls, Ulrich / CC-BY-SA 3.0 · This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation
For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Zentralbild-Kohls Na-kf 9.10.1964 XVIII. Olympische Sommerspiele Tokio 1964. Flaggenhissung im Olympischen Dorf am 2.10.1964. Links Christiane Lanz und Ingrid Engel-Krämer
Ulrich Kohls · Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-C1003-0001-029 / Kohls, Ulrich / CC-BY-SA 3.0 · This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation
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• Name — Christiane Lanzke • Born — 15 March 1947 • Birthplace — Potsdam, Soviet occupation zone in Germany • Died — 2005 • Place of death — Rostock, Germany • Height — 1.56 m • Weight — 50 kg • Sport — Diving • Club — SC Empor Rostock • Show Medals — yes
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- 2.Christiane Lanzke. Olympedia.
- 3.Wasserspringen – Europameisterschaften Damen. sport-komplett.de
- 4.Christiane Lanzke. filmportal.de
- 5.Christiane Lanzke. imdb.com
- 6.Peter Rabenalt "Film-wissenschaftliche Mitteilungen", Nr. 2, 1967, zit. nach Das Mädchen auf dem Brett. In: F.-B. Habel: Das große Lexikon der DEFA-Spielfilme. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, , p. 377.
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