Gerda Schlerth

Gerda Schlerth - née Braun (* approx. 1924, † November 1972 ) was a German table tennis player . In 1961 she came second at the National German Championships and was German champion twice with the TSV Union Wuppertal women's team.

Career

Gerda Schlerth was a sister of Kurt Braun and the mother-in-law of Klaus Solka . After the Second World War , she first played for the TSV Union Wuppertal club . With its women's team, she was German champion in 1949 and 1950. At the National German Championships in 1955 she reached the semi-finals alongside Kurt Braun in mixed. In 1961 she was second in doubles with Isolde Woschee .

Gerda Schlerth won several titles at championships of the West German Table Tennis Association (WTTV):

• 1951 in doubles with Grete Schardt
• 1953, 1955 and 1956 in mixed with Kurt Braun
• 1957 singles and doubles with Erika Weskott
• 1961 in doubles with Isolde Woschee

There are also other titles in West German senior tournaments.

In 1955 she left the club TSV Union Wuppertal and switched to TTC Barmen, where she stayed until 1958. She later played for the club TTC Blau Gelb Krefeld, which she left in 1964 for TTV Essen-West, where she played in the national league with her daughter Marion. In 1967 she joined the club Post SV Köln in the major league, around 1970 she played at ESV Wuppertal-Ost.

swell

• Werner Korten: In memoriam: Gerda Schlerth , DTS 1972/22 edition South-West page 62
• W.Steil: Gerda Schlerth. born Braun † (with picture), DTS 1972/22 edition South-West page 67

Individual evidence

1. ↑ According to DTS 1972/22 issue Süd-West page 62 she was 48 years old.
2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1954/23 page 4
3. ↑ Table tennis archive of Hans-Albert Meyer: German women's team championships (accessed on January 1, 2018)
4. ↑ WTTV Honor Roll, as of July 23, 2017 (accessed on January 1, 2018)
5. ↑ Magazine DTS , 1955/12 Page 7
6. ↑ Magazine DTS , 1955/20 Page 9
7. ↑ DTS magazine , 1964/16 page 6
8. ↑ ^{a b} DTS magazine , 1967/22 pages 48 + 55