Marie Dollinger

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Marie Dollinger
Marie Dollinger winning an 800 m semifinal at the 1928 Olympics
Personal information
Born28 October 1910
Langenzenn, Germany
Died10 August 1994 (aged 83)
Nuremberg, Germany
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
SportRunning
ClubTurnverein Langenzenn/1. Fußball Club Nürnberg
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals1928, 1932, 1936
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Women's World Games
Gold medal – first place 1934 London 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1930 Prague 800 metres

Maria "Marie" Dollinger-Hendrix (28 October 1910 – 10 August 1994) was a German track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events and the 800 metres. She represented Germany at three consecutive Olympic Games: 1928, 1932 and 1936.

She set an early

1936 Berlin Olympics, although the team were disqualified in the final for a dropped baton. Outside of the Olympics she won an 800 m silver medal at the 1930 Women's World Games, a relay gold medal at the 1934 Women's World Games, and several medals at the Olympics of Grace
competition.

Individually, in her career she won six titles at the German Athletics Championships and equalled the 800 m world record as well as the European record in the 200 m (neither were ratified). After retirement in 1936 she married fellow Olympic sprinter Friedrich Hendrix and their daughter, Brunhilde Hendrix, later won an Olympic medal in the relay in 1960.

Career

First Olympics

Marie Dollinger, Lina Radke and Elfriede Wever, finalists in the 800 m at the 1928 Olympics

Born in

International Association of Athletics Federations[6]

Sprinting: 1932 and 1936 Olympics

Dollinger began to focus on shorter sprinting events as she entered her twenties. At the 1931

4×100 metres relay she anchored a team of Grete Heublein, Ellen Braumüller and Tilly Fleischer, but the German women managed only sixth place overall.[11]

In 1934 she equalled her 100 m best and improved her 200 m time to 24.9 seconds – these ranked her in the top five worldwide in those two events that year. She also set a best of 5.48 metres for the long jump.[4] She continued to form a part of the German relay team and returned to the 1934 Women's World Games, taking the relay gold alongside Käthe Krauss, Margarete Kuhlmann and Selma Grieme.[1] She dipped under twelve seconds for the 100 m for the first time in 1935, setting a best of 11.8 seconds in Berlin, which made her the fourth best in the world that season.[4]

She had her final year of competition in 1936 and the biggest races of her career came at the

Olympic and world record time of 46.4 seconds – finishing a full second ahead of the British team.[14][15] In the relay final the German team had built up a large lead by the point that Dollinger handed the baton to Dörffeldt for the last leg of the race. Dörffeldt dropped the baton, however, much to the disappointment of the home crowd, and the team were disqualified.[16][17] This was Dollinger's last performance at a major event and ended her career without having won an Olympic medal.[1]

She was a six-time national champion at the

athletics.[1]

Later life

Following her retirement from the sport, in 1937 she married

Nürnberg aged 83.[1]

Personal bests

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marie Dollinger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  2. ^ Women, 800 m > Olympic Records Progression. Brinkster Track and Field. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
  3. ^ Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Women's 800 metres. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
  4. ^ a b c Maria Dollinger. Brinkster Track and Field. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
  5. ^ a b FSFI Women's World Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
  6. ^ Women, 800 m > World Records Progression. Brinkster Track and Field. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
  7. ^ Women, 200 m > European Records Progression. Brinkster Track and Field. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
  8. Track and Field News
    . Retrieved on 2014-01-26.
  9. ^ Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Round One. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
  10. ^ Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 100 metres. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
  11. ^ Germany Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
  12. ^ Women, 4 x 100 m Relay > European Records Progression. Brinkster Track and Field. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
  13. ^ Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Final. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
  14. OCLC 17760969, p. 159
    .
  15. ^ Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Women's 4 × 100 metres Relay Round One. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
  16. ISBN 9781881649663, p. 33
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  17. ISBN 9780060155544, p. 200
    .
  18. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fritz Hendrix". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  19. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brunhilde Hendrix". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
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