Gerda Poetting
Gerda Pöting (born October 20, 1907 in Berlin ; † unknown) was a German athlete who started for the Berlin sports club in the 1920s . She competed in sprint and long jump .
Services
Her personal bests are as follows:
- 12.9 s over 100 meters, achieved on July 5, 1925 in Detmold
- 5.40 m in the long jump, achieved on August 22, 1926 in Braunschweig . This achievement brought her to fourth place on the world's best list.
Together with Lilli Henoch , Charlotte Köhler and Cläre Voss , she formed the 4-by-100-meter relay of the Berliner SC, which not only won the German championship three times in a row - 1924, 1925 and 1926 - but also set two German records :
- 51.6 s on July 13, 1924 in Berlin
- 50.3 s on July 11, 1926 in Cologne . This time was noted as a world record by the FSFI .
In individual competitions Gerda Pöting only managed a single podium placement: in 1925 she was third over 100 meters.
At the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam , where athletics competitions were held for women for the first time, they did not participate.
Web links
- World record
- Gerda Pöting in the trackfield.brinkster.net database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Poetting, Gerda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century or 21st century |