Gerda Gottlieb
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 April 1916 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 28 October 1992 (aged 76) Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field athletics |
| Club | Sportverein Wiener AC |
Gerda Gottlieb (14 April 1916 — 28 October 1992) was an Austrian track and field athlete who specialized in high jump and sprint events.[1] She was a member of Sportverein Wiener AC and the Austrian national team.
In the mid 1930s, she set three world records: standing high jump, 4 × 75 metres relay, and 440 metres relay. These world records were the last registered by the women's sports organization FSFI. The World Athletics Association IAAF, which registered women's world records from 1936, did not continue with any of these three events.[2]
At the 1934 Austrian Athletics Championships she became national champion in the 100 metres.[3] She was selected to represent Austria at the 1934 Women's World Games. She and her team won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay event. In the 60 metres event she didn’t reach the semi-finals.[4][5]
In March 1938, Gottlieb moved to Innsbruck for professional reasons.[6] Gottlieb was Jewish, and during the Holocaust she was able to flee to the United States.[7]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Death index New Jersey, 1992, Nr. 0052200
- ↑ "Athletics - Progression of outdoor world records (Women)". sport-record.de. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ↑ "Sport jahrbuch 1935" (PDF). Austria Athletics (in German). 1935. p. 142. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via archiv.oelv.at.
- ↑ "Wereldspelen voor vrouwen. Lijst der deelneemsters". De courant Het nieuws van den dag (in Dutch). 9 August 1934. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "De werdeldspelen voor vrouwen". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). 10 August 1934. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "Gerda Gottlieb übersiedelt nach Innsbruck". Allgemeiner Tiroler Anzeiger (in Dutch). 7 March 1938. p. 9. Retrieved 27 June 2022 – via ANNO (Austrian Newspapers Online).
- ↑ Kamper, Erich; Graf, Karl (1986). Österreichs Leichtathletik in Namen und Zahlen: alle Rekordinhaber seit 1903, alle Meister (innen) seit 1911, alle Jahresbesten seit 1903, die 50 Besten aller Zeiten in allen Standardbewerben, viele weitere noch nie veröffentlichte Statistiken. Graz: Leykam. ISBN 978-3-7011-7169-9.