Brunhilde Hendrix is a West German

West Germany

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 athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.

Hendrix competed for the United Team of Germany

United Team of Germany

The Unified Team of Germany , competed in the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Winter and Summer Olympic Games as a united team of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic...

 in the 1960 Summer Olympics

1960 Summer Olympics

The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...

 held in Rome

Rome

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, Italy

Italy

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 in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the Silver medal with her team mates Martha Langbein

Martha Langbein

Martha Langbein is a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed for the United Team of Germany in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the Silver medal with her team mates Anni Biechl, Brunhilde Hendrix and Jutta...

, Anni Biechl and Jutta Heine

Jutta Heine

Judith Heine is a West German athlete who mainly competed in the sprint events.She competed for the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy where she won a silver medal in the women's 200 metres...

.

Both her parents (mother Marie Dollinger and father Friedrich Hendrix

Friedrich Hendrix

Friedrich Hendrix was a German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres....

) were successful athletes who competed in Olympic Games, too.