Christine Wachtel (born January 6, 1965 in Altentreptow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania), is a German track and field athlete who won the silver medal for East Germany at the 1988 Olympic summer games in Seoul in the 800 metres run. Her time of 1:56.64 put her second to her training partner Sigrun Wodars. January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a Bundesland (federal state) in northern Germany. ... Athletics, also known as track and field or track and field athletics, is a collection of sport events. ... National motto: none Official languages German Capital East Berlin Largest city East Berlin Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 106th 108,333 km² Negligible Creation -Abolition 7 October 1949 3 October 1990 Currency East German mark Time zone  â€“ in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem Auferstanden aus Ruinen Internet... 800m is a common track running event. ... Sigrun Wodars (born November 7, 1965) is a former East German middle distance athlete. ...

Other success in the 800 meter run:

• 1983: Second at the Junior European championship (2:00.42 Min.)
• 1987: Second at the World championshipWeltmeisterschafts-Zweite (1:55.32 Min.)
• 1990: Second at the European championship (1:56.11 Min.)

Other success in the 4x400 meter relay:

• 1991: Third at the world championship with the German 4x400 meter relay (3:21.25 Min.).

She also participated in the 1992 Olympic summer games in Barcelona, where she was eliminated in the 800 meter preliminaries.

Wachtel trained at the Neubrandenburg sport club under trainer Walter Gladrow. During her career she was 1.66 meters tall and weighed 66 kilograms. After her sport career she worked in a pizza shop in Neubrandenburg. Neubrandenburg is a city in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. ...

This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.