Grete Heublein

Margarete ("Grete") Heublein (born January 29, 1908 in Barmen ; † March 2, 1997 Barmen) was a German athlete and Olympic participant who was successful in the 100-meter run , shot put and discus throw in the 1920s and 1930s was.

In the shot put, she won the 1930 Women's World Games (12.49 m). She set eleven world records (five of them official) in the shot put and discus throw . She started at the Olympic Games in 1928 and 1932 without winning any medals. She was German champion six times - in 1926, 1928, 1929 and 1931 in the shot put and in 1930 and 1932 in the discus throw. There are also five runner-up championships and a third place at German championships.

Operations at the Olympic Games

• Olympic Games 1928 : 5th place in the discus throw (35.56 m)
• Olympic Games 1932 : 5th place in the discus throw (34.66 m); 6th place in the 4 x 100 meter relay race (50.0 s: Grete Heublein, Ellen Braumüller , Tilly Fleischer , Marie Dollinger )

World records

Discus throw

• 40.84 m on June 19, 1932 in Hagen

Shot put

• 11.49 m (3.628 kg ball) on August 22, 1926 in Braunschweig
• 10.86 m on May 29, 1927 in Lennep (unofficial world record)
• 12.51 m on June 3, 1928 in Wuppertal (unofficial world record)
• 11.96 m on July 15, 1928 in Berlin
• 12.85 m on July 21, 1929 in Frankfurt am Main
• 13.105 m on July 12, 1931 in Duisburg (unofficial world record)
• 13.16 m on July 19, 1931 in Barmen (unofficial world record)
• 13.19 m on August 16, 1931 in Bielefeld (unofficial world record)
• 13.27 m on August 16, 1931 in Bielefeld (unofficial world record)
• 13.70 m on August 16, 1931 in Bielefeld

Grete Heublein initially belonged to the sports club Police-SV Elberfeld , later to the Police-SV Barmen and the SSVg Barmen . She had a competition weight of 74 kg with a height of 1.78 m.

Web links

• Grete Heublein in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )