Christiane Schröter

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Christiane Zwanette Helene Wobbine Marie Schröter , (born November 5, 1907 in Großwolde as Christiane Zwanette Helene Wobbine Marie Kramer ; † January 8, 1979 in Leer ) was a German sports teacher.

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Christiane Kramer / Schröter was a daughter of the elementary school teacher Heinrich Kramer and his wife Helene Luise, née Heits. She attended the Empty Lyceum and passed the Abitur examination there in 1925. She completed her studies at the Berlin University for Physical Education at the same time as Sepp Herberger . In 1931 she graduated as a sports teacher from Carl Diem . She then worked as a sports teacher at schools and clubs in Berlin.

In the 1920s and 1930s Kramer became an important sportswoman on a national and international level who competed in university, state and German championships in the 800-meter run and in the discus throw. In 1928 she traveled to the Amsterdam Summer Olympics with her college . She won the International German University Championships in the 800 meter run in 1928, 1930 and 1931 and was German runner-up in 1928. In 1928, 1930 and 1931 she was also the German university runner-up in the discus throw. In 1930, starting for the Berlin Gymnastics Association, she reached sixth place in the German best lists. In addition, she took part in competitions in the shot put, rowing and the 1500-meter run and competed for SC Brandenburg in hockey. With her successes she was historically one of the most successful female athletes in East Friesland. Kramer also had all the glider licenses and organized ski tours in Berlin that took place in the Dolomites .

1946 moved to Ihrhove with the surname Schröter . After that, she taught sports at several schools for a long time. In Ihrhove, she pioneered sport for housewives from 1962. She did particularly well in swimming lessons. During the summer vacation of the 1960s, she created the opportunity for children and young people to take the bus to the outdoor swimming pool on Georgstrasse in Leer in the morning and afternoon, where she gave swimming lessons.

In addition to supporting school swimming, she had a teaching pool built in her garden in 1967 on her own initiative. Numerous people from Fehntjer and Overleding completed the “free swimmer” here. In addition, she was involved in training numerous teams at the then elementary school in Ihrhove and in the sports club Concordia Ihrhove from 1945 . Your students performed successfully in forest runs. With her work she achieved a wide impact among the inhabitants of the Overledinger country.

After the end of her active career, in 1975 she received the silver merit badge of the German Lifesaving Society. In the same year she received the Medal of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Schröter fell ill shortly before the end of his life and died in a hospital in Leer. Her grave is in the cemetery near the Evangelical Reformed Church in Großwolde. Christiane-Schröter-Strasse at the Ihrhove sports center has been a reminder of the former athlete and teacher since November 5, 1980 .

family

Schröter had been married to Herbert Schröter (* 1909 in Berlin) since their wedding in Berlin in 1938. Her husband worked as a study assessor for English, French and sports, taught at the Ubbo-Emmius-Gymnasium Leer and was a sports official in Lower Saxony. The couple had two sons: the older son studied at the Cologne Sports University , then worked as a sports educator and deputy headmaster in Leer. He later became the founding director of the high school in Rhauderfehn . The younger son worked as a sports economist.

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References and comments

  1. ↑ cf. Entry in the database of the German Association for Athletics Documentation 1990 (online)
personal data
SURNAME Schröter, Christiane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schröter, Christiane Zwanette Helene Wobbine Marie (full name); Kramer, Christiane (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports educator
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Big wolves
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1979
Place of death Empty