Liesel Jakobi

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Liesel Jakobi
Medal record
Women's
athletics
Representing  West Germany
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1958 Stockholm Long jump

Elisabeth "Liesel" Jakobi, married surname Luxenburger (née Jakobi; born 28 February 1939) is a German former track and field athlete who competed in the long jump for West Germany.

Born in

Jean Desforges).[1]

At national level that year she only placed third in the long jump at the West German Athletics Championships. Over her career she was a national runner-up once (1959) and twice more a third-place finisher (1960 and 1963), but she never won the West German title. She was, however, twice a national sprint champion indoors over 60 metres, winning that title first in 1960 and again in 1963. She stopped competing at a high level shortly after getting married.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ European Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-12-19.
  2. ^ West German Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-12-19.
  3. ^ Klaus Amrhein: Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte der Deutschen Leichtathletik 1898–2005 (in German). 2 Edition. Darmstadt 2005. Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion-und Projektgesellschaft.