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 24 November 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 9 January 1995.
References
- ^ "Mauermayer, Gisela (b. 1913) | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
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