Gertrud Kille
Gertrud Kille 
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| nation |
 BR Germany
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| birthday | January 17, 1925 |
| date of death | August 6, 1978 |
| Place of death |
Hamburg , FR Germany
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| Career | |
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| discipline | Shot put , pentathlon |
| Best performance | 14.61 m |
| society | SV St. Georg from 1895 |
Gertrud Kille (born January 17, 1925 as Gertrud Schlueter ; † August 6, 1978 in Hamburg ) was a German shot putter and pentathlete .
Life
At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 , she was fifth with 13.84 m.
In 1947 , 1948 , 1951 and 1952 (with the national record of 14.61 m) she became German champion in the shot put and in 1947 German champion in pentathlon .
Gertrud Kille started for SV St. Georg from 1895 and stood out for her self-knitted shorts , which she preferred to the long, wide pants of the sports fashion of the time. After taking part in the Olympics, she ended her sporting career to set up a car dealership in Glinde with her husband , which she took over after her husband's death. She died in an accident at the age of 53.
Web links
- Gertrud Kille in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)
- Gertrud Kille in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Plenty of excitement in shorts , article in the Hamburger Abendblatt , October 30, 2015
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kille, Gertrude |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schlueter, Gertrud |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German shot putter and pentathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1925 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1978 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |