Ellen Streidt

Ellen Streidt (née Stropahl later Wendland, born 27 July 1952 in Wittstock, Bezirk Potsdam) is a retired East German sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres and 400 metres.

Olympic medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  East Germany
	1976 Montreal	4 × 400 m
	1976 Montreal	400 m

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, she finished fourth in the 200 m final, just one one-hundredth of a second behind bronze medallist Irena Szewińska. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, she won the bronze medal in the 400 metres and a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres with her teammates Brigitte Rohde, Christina Brehmer and Doris Maletzki.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Event	Time
1971	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	7th	200 m
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay
1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	4th	200 m	22.75
1973	Universiade	Moscow, Soviet Union	3rd	100 m	11.63
			3rd	200 m	22.73
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	44.44
1974	European Championships	Rome, Italy	2nd	400 m
			1st	4 × 400 m relay
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	3rd	400 m	50.55
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:19.23