Emmy Albus

Emmy Albus, Olympic Games 1936

Emmy Albus. European Championships 1938 (from left: Josefine Kohl , Käthe Krauss , Albus , Ida Kühnel )

Emmy Albus , also Emmi Albus , (born December 13, 1911 in Barmen (today in Wuppertal ), † September 20, 1995 in Berlin ) was a German athlete who was successful in the 100-meter run in the 1930s .

Life

From 1934 to 1936 she was involved in two world records of the German 4 x 100 meter relay . At the European Championships in 1938 , she won the gold medal with the German 4 x 100 meter relay.

Emmy Albus initially belonged to the sports club Barmer TV 1846 until 1936 , then to SC Charlottenburg . After the Second World War, she started for SSV Wuppertal 04 , which was then merged into Wuppertaler SV in 1954 . During her competition time, she was 1.72 m tall and weighed 57 kg. In 1956 she married the sprinter Walter Liersch.

Participation in international highlights:

• 1936, Olympic Games , 4 x 100 meter relay: eliminated in the finals after losing baton (world record in the run-up, see section Records); 100-meter run: 6th place (12.3 s)
• 1938, European Championships: 1st place with the 4 x 100 meter relay (46.8 s: Josefine Kohl , Käthe Krauss , Emmy Albus, Ida Kühnel ); 100-meter run: 6th place (12.4 s)

Records (4 x 100 meter relay race)

• 48.7 s, German record; June 10, 1934, Wittenberg (Emmy Albus, Käthe Krauß , Marie Dollinger , Ilse Dörffeldt )
• 47.5 s, European record; June 24, 1934, Lennep (Emmy Albus, Käthe Krauß , Marie Dollinger , Ilse Dörffeldt )
• 46.5 s, world record; June 21, 1936, Cologne ( Käthe Krauß , Emmy Albus, Marie Dollinger , Grete Winkels )
• 46.4 s, world record, August 8, 1936, Berlin (preliminary to the Olympic Games; Emmy Albus, Käthe Krauß , Marie Dollinger , Ilse Dörffeldt )

literature

• Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on German Athletics Promotion and Project Society.
• From the book "Wuppertal's Olympic History" (1996, Verlag JH Born GmbH)

Web links

• Emmy Albus in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )