Bertha Zahourek
Bertha Zahourek or Berta Zahourek , after marriage to Blaha-Zahourek (born January 3, 1896 in Vienna , † June 14, 1967 ) was an Austrian swimmer .
Life
Bertha Zahourek was born out of wedlock in Vienna and grew up with foster parents Georg and Betty Fürmann. She learned to swim from her foster father, who was employed in the Dianabad in Vienna, at the age of five. In 1910, the 14-year-old swam a world record in 300 meters freestyle in 5: 57.9 minutes.
At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912, swimming competitions for women were on the program for the first time. On July 8, Zahourek was eliminated in the 100-meter freestyle competition in the second run. On July 15, 1912, Margarete Adler , Klara Milch , Josephine Sticker and Bertha Zahourek won the bronze medal as the final swimmer in the 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay behind the relays from the United Kingdom and Germany. This made the four swimmers the first Austrian women to win an Olympic medal.
After her active swimming career, in which she won around 200 medals and prizes, she devoted herself to lifeguarding and was president of the Austrian lifeguard club .
literature
- Erich Kamper , Bill Mallon : Who's Who of the Olympic Games 1896–1992. Who's Who at the Olympics. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1992, ISBN 3-928562-47-9 (spelling Berta Zahourek).
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 (spelling Bertha Zahourek).
Individual evidence
Web links
- Bertha Zahourek in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zahourek, Bertha |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zahourek, Berta; Zahourek-Blaha, Berta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1967 |