Rita Windbrake  Rita Windbrake (born 28 July 1945) is a former German female deaf track and field athlete. She represented both West Germany and Germany at Deaflympics, World Deaf Championships. Windbrake has competed at the Deaflympics on seven occasions from 1965 to 1993. Rita Windbrake is considered to be one of the greatest Deaflympic athletes of all time with a career record of 24 medals at the Deaflympics, including 14 gold medals. In 1984, she won the German-American 1500 metres Deaf track meet. She also holds several world records in Athletics including 800 metres for women. Windbrake also holds the Deaflympic records for 800 metres, 1000 metres, 1500 metres etc.