Inge Pohmann

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Inge Pohmann (1957)

Inge Pohmann , née Hartelt (* 1921 or 1922 ; † January 26, 2005 in Berlin ) was a German tennis player .

The qualified sports teacher Pohmann was number one on the German women's tennis rankings for three years. In 1954, she achieved her best position in the world rankings with 28th place.

In addition to three individual titles in 1950, 1951 and 1953 in the German championships, she also won several championships in doubles and mixed . She was a member of the Marienburger Sport Club .

On July 2, 1950, the then Federal President Theodor Heuss was the first woman ever to award her the Silver Laurel Leaf .

She was married to tennis instructor Kurt Pohmann and is the mother of the former Davis Cup player and television sports reporter Hans-Jürgen Pohmann . She died at the age of 83.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Everything would have anjefange med… football. Marienburger Sport-Club 1920 e. V., accessed on November 24, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Silver bay leaf. Office of the Federal President, accessed on November 24, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Tennis champion has died. Hamburger Abendblatt , accessed on March 27, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Pohmann, Inge
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: 1921 or 1922
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 2005
Place of death Berlin , Germany