Gisela Mauermayer

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Gisela Mauermayer
(Second to the left) Gisela in 1938
Personal information
Born(1913-11-24)November 24, 1913
Shot Put
Medal record
Women's
athletics
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1936 Berlin
Discus throw
Women's World Games
Gold medal – first place 1934 London Shot put
Gold medal – first place 1934 London Pentathlon
Silver medal – second place 1934 London Discus throw
European Athletics Championships
Silver medal – second place 1938 Vienna Shot put

Gisela Mauermayer (24 November 1913 in Munich – 9 January 1995 in Munich) was a German athlete who competed mainly in the discus. She won the gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany.

Biography

Gisela Mauermayer was born on November 24, 1913, in the German Empire in Munich.[1]

In 1932, Gisela became a member of the Nazi party.

In the 1934 Women's World Games in London, she won gold in shot put and pentathlon, and silver in discus. When the 1936 Summer Olympics were held in Berlin, she competed and won gold in discus for Nazi Germany.

After the Second World War, she became a biologist and chief librarian at the Zoological State Library in Munich, West Germany from 1954 - 1975. During the 1952 Olympics in Helshinki, Finland, she was a supervisor for West Germany's women Olympic team. In 1967, she became a member of the German National Olympic Committee.

She died in Munich on January 9, 1995.

References

  1. ^ "Mauermayer, Gisela (b. 1913) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
Records
Preceded by Women's Discus World Record Holder
2 June 1935 – 8 August 1948
Succeeded by