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At the 1976 Boston Marathon, she finished in tenth place.
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At the 1976 Boston Marathon, she finished in tenth place.
Winter"s 1975 performance at Boston was aided by a "25-mile-an-hour tailwind", after which she asked for a beer through her translator. Running as much as 60 kilometers (372 miles) on a Saturday or Sunday, Winter trained by Ernst van Aaken"s method of building endurance. On May 5, 1974 in Wolfsburg, West Germany, Winter ran a marathon in 2:57:44.4 to set the fastest mark for German women.
In an event organized by van Aaken, she was one of 45 women from seven nations to compete for the first women"s world marathon title, the Women"s International Championship in Waldniel, West Germany on September 22, 1974.
Christa Vahlensieck and Chantal Langlacé caught up to her after she took an early lead on the four-lap course, however, Winter crossed the finish line first in a time of 2:50:31.4 to earn a European record and lowered the national mark she set a little over four months earlier. Winter also set the German road mark in the 10,000 metres with a 37:16 in Bruges, Belgium in 1977.
Winter is from Wolfsburg. In 1975 she was an accountant at a Volkswagen factory.