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Ellen Tittel

Tittel at the 1972 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1948-06-28)28 June 1948 Mühlbach (Müglitztal), Saxony, Germany
Died	7 October 2023(2023-10-07) (aged 75)
Height	158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight	44 kg (97 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	800 m, 1500 m
Club	Bayer Leverkusen
Coached by	Gerd Osenberg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800 m – 2:03.1 (1971) 1500 m – 4:06.65 (1972)
Medal record Representing  West Germany European Athletics Championships 1971 Helsinki 1500 m European Athletics Indoor Championships 1973 Rotterdam 1500 m 1975 Katowice 1500 m

Ellen Tittel (later Wellmann, later Wessinghage, 28 June 1948 – 7 October 2023) was a West German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 m event. She won the European indoor title in 1973, placing third in 1975, and had another third-place finish at the 1971 European Outdoor Championships. She reached the 1500 m finals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, but abandoned the 1972 race due to stomach cramps. In 1971 she helped to set a new world record in the 4 × 800 m relay.

Domestically Tittel set a national record in 1969 and won the national title in 1970–76. In 1975 she was chosen the German Sportspersonality of the Year.

Tittel was a lawyer by profession. Before turning to athletics she tried gymnastics, but found it too boring. She married two fellow Olympic middle-distance runners, first Paul-Heinz Wellmann, and a few years later Thomas Wessinghage. With Wessinghage she had a son Daniel. She died on 7 October 2023, at the age of 75.

References

1. ^ Ellen Wessinghage. leverkusen.com
2. ^ Ellen Tittel-Wellmann Archived 4 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
3. Ellen Wellmann (née Tittel). trackfield.brinkster.net
4. ^ Bill Bruns (6 March 1978). "Thomas Wessinghage Finished Behind Ellen's First Hubby—but Only in the Olympics". People. 9 (9).
5. "Ellen Tittel-Wellmann". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 October 2023.

• 1948 births
• 2023 deaths
• People from Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
• German female middle-distance runners
• Athletes from Saxony
• Olympic athletes for West Germany
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
• Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
• European Athletics Championships medalists
• FISU World University Games gold medalists for West Germany
• West German Athletics Championships winners
• Competitors at the 1975 Summer Universiade
• 20th-century German sportswomen