Brunhilde Hendrix

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Brunhilde Hendrix (born August 2, 1938 in Langenzenn , † November 28, 1995 in Saxony near Ansbach ) was a German athlete .

Life

She won the silver medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome (44.8 s, together with Martha Langbein , Anni Biechl and Jutta Heine ). In the 100-meter run , she was eliminated in the semifinals. She started at these games for the Federal Republic of Germany in a joint German team.

Brunhilde Hendrix is ​​the daughter of two well-known German 100-meter runners and Olympic participants. Her mother, Marie Dollinger , is the only German woman who participated in three Olympic Games before the Second World War : 1928, 1932 and 1936. Her father, Friedrich Hendrix , won the silver medal in the 4-times-100- at the 1932 Olympic Games. Meter relay race.

Brunhilde Hendrix received the Silver Laurel Leaf on December 9, 1960.

She was part of the athletics department of 1. FC Nürnberg since 1952 . She became a stenographer and lived in Langenzenn near Nuremberg.

Results

Olympic games

  • 1960 - 4 × 100 m (silver)

German championships

  • 1957 - 100 m (1st), 4 × 100 m (1st)
  • 1960 - 100 m (2nd), 200 m (1st)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sports report of the federal government of September 26, 1973 to the Bundestag - printed matter 7/1040 - page 65
  2. ↑ Nürnberger Nachrichten of April 3, 2020, p. 17
personal data
SURNAME Hendrix, Brunhilde
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Langenzenn
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1995
Place of death Saxony near Ansbach