Dorothea Kreß
Dorothea Kreß ![]() |
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birthday | August 26, 1924 | ||||||||||||
place of birth |
Pöide , Estonia![]() |
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date of death | October 25, 2018 | ||||||||||||
Place of death |
Wilster , Germany![]() |
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discipline |
Shot put , discus throw , javelin throw , pentathlon |
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Best performance | 13.26 m | ||||||||||||
society |
VfL Pinneberg Holstein Kiel |
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Dorothea Kreß (born August 26, 1924 in Pöide , Saaremaa , Estonia as Dorothea Seck ; † October 25, 2018 in Wilster ) was a German athlete . Her specialty was the shot put .
biography
Dorothea Kreß became German champion in the shot put in 1950 . In the following years she was able to win a complete set of medals with silver in 1951 and bronze in 1952 . At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki reached in Shot Put the 11th place.
Web links
- Dorothea Kreß in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kress, Dorothea |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seck, Dorothea (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German shot putter |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1924 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pöide , Saaremaa , Estonia |
DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 2018 |
Place of death | Wilster |