Erika Strasser

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Erika Strasser athletics
nation AustriaAustria Austria
birthday March 17, 1934
date of death April 30, 2019
Career
End of career 1969
Medal table
Austrian championships 8 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Austrian championship
gold 1959 Javelin throw
gold 1961 Javelin throw
gold 1962 Javelin throw
gold 1963 Javelin throw
gold 1963 4 x 100 meter relay
gold 1965 Javelin throw
gold 1967 Javelin throw
gold 1969 Javelin throw
last change: May 12, 2019

Erika Strasser (born March 17, 1934 as Erika Wutscher ; † April 30, 2019 ) was an Austrian athlete . In 1960 and 1968 she took part in the Olympic Games for Austria in the javelin throw . From 1985 to 1994 she was President of the Austrian Athletics Association .

Career

Erika Strasser started athletics at the age of five. She started at ULC Linz , where she later also worked as a trainer.

In 1959 she set the Austrian record in the javelin throw of Herma Bauma from 1948 (48.63 meters) with 48.99 meters and was the first Austrian champion in javelin throw. She won this title seven times (1959, 1961–1963, 1965, 1967 and 1969). In 1960 she was the first Austrian to exceed the 50-meter mark with 50.01 meters, and in 1961 she improved to 52.32 meters. This record was set in 1966 by Eva Janko with 53.33 meters.

At the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 , Strasser competed in the javelin for the first time and took 17th place in the qualification. At the European Athletics Championships in 1962 , she reached sixth place, at the European Athletics Championships in 1966 eighth place. In 1968 she took part in the Olympic Games for the second time. In 1969 she ended her active career.

In 1976 she was elected to the Women's Committee of the World Athletics Federation . From 1985 to 1994 she was President of the Austrian Athletics Association . She was auditor in the Austrian Olympic Committee (OÖC) and member of the board of the European Association (1987 to 2007), where she also served as vice-president from 1991 to 1995. In addition, she was a founding member and president of the Gugl-Meeting , which was launched in 1988 , an athletics event in Linz .

Erika Strasser was married to Leo Strasser (1928–2013), head of sport at the Linzer Volksblatt and the Oberösterreichische Nachrichten , and had a son. She died in late April 2019 at the age of 85.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c memorial page for Erika Strasser . Retrieved May 12, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c d Oberösterreichische Nachrichten: Erika Strasser passed away . Article dated May 10, 2019, accessed May 12, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b c d e Governor Pühringer awarded Erika Strasser with the Gold Medal of Merit of the Province of Upper Austria . Article dated May 7, 2004, accessed May 12, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b ÖLV: In Memoriam Erika Strasser . Article dated May 12, 2019, accessed May 13, 2019.
  5. ^ Austrian Athletics Association: Erika Strasser: Successes . Retrieved May 12, 2019.
  6. ↑ Erika Strasser in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on May 12, 2019.
  7. ↑ Former ÖLV President Erika Strasser has passed away . Article dated May 11, 2019, accessed May 12, 2019.
  8. ↑ a b Leo Strasser, Olympic Gold . Retrieved May 12, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Strasser, Erika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wutscher, Erika (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian athlete
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1934
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 2019