10 Facts About Renate Stecher

Renate Stecher held 34 world records and was the first woman to run 100 metres within 11 seconds.

At that time, she was already competing as Renate Stecher, having married hurdler Gerd Stecher the previous year.

Renate Stecher won the 100 m in time of 11.07, which was only in 1976 recognised as world record, which had been measured in tenths of seconds before.

Renate Stecher equalled the world record in the 200 meters with a time of 22.40.

Renate Stecher clocked 10.9 and 10.8 for the 100 metres and 22.1 for the 200 metres.

Renate Stecher said that she was leaving in protest of the "obscene" decision to continue with the Olympic Games.

At the 1976 Summer Olympics, Renate Stecher again competed in the three sprint events, winning medals in all three .

Renate Stecher was beaten for the 100 m title by Annegret Richter, and came third in a 200 m race with five German women in the first five positions.

The files document that Renate Stecher had wanted to step down her drug use after the 1972 Olympics, so that she could safely have children.

In 2011 Renate Stecher was inducted into the Germany's Sports Hall of Fame.