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Helga Heinrich-Steudel (née Steudel, born 4 May 1939 in Görschnitz) is a former motorcyclist and car racer of the DDR. She is the only female motorcyclist to have won (under her maiden name Steudel) at the Sachsenring. She ended her career in 1967 but made a comeback in 1970 with her Melkus RS 1000 at the Lückendorfer Bergrennen.

== Early life == Helga Steudel was born on 4 May 1939 in Görschnitz, today a district of Elsterberg.

== Career == Helga Heinrich-Steudel competed in her first motorcycle race on the Bautzen autobahn circuit in 1959 riding a 350cc Jawa. From 1960 she competed on a MZ RE 125 in the 125cc class. She won her first races on 25 August 1963 at the Geyer-Bergrennen and on 29 September 1963 at the Dresden Autobahnspinne. On 17 July 1965, Heinrich-Steudel won the 125-cm3 ID race at the Sachsenring, which was held as part of the GDR's Grand Prix for the Motorcycle World Championship, in very adverse weather conditions. She took further victories at the Schleizer Dreieck, Frohburger Dreieck and at the Lückendorfer Bergrennen on the MZ RE bike. Under FIM rules of the time, she did not receive a license to participate in the GDR championship or international motorcycle races...

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