Gudrun Scholz (hockey player)

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Gudrun Scholz , born as Gudrun Scheller , (born January 14, 1940 in Braunschweig ) is a former German athlete , hockey player and world champion in 1976.

athletics

Gudrun Scheller had been a member of Eintracht Braunschweig since 1952 and began her athletic career in the athletics department. Her special discipline was the long jump. On June 21, 1959, she jumped 6.22 m in Berlin, setting a European junior record and a German record in the adult class; the German record was improved in 1960 by Hildrun Claus . Her best placement at the German Athletics Championships was third in the long jump in 1961. From 1959 to 1961 she competed in four international matches for Germany.

hockey

Gudrun Scholz, as she has been called since her marriage on May 14, 1966, switched from athletics to hockey. She achieved her greatest success in field hockey. In 1965 she became German champion for the first time with Eintracht Braunschweig , further titles followed in 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1978 in indoor field hockey, she was part of the championship team in 1974 and 1975. Scholz had made his debut in the German national hockey team in 1963 . After an eleven-year break, she returned to the national team in 1974. In 1975 she won the title with the German team at the first women's indoor hockey championship . She celebrated her greatest success on May 30, 1976, when she scored both goals in the finals of the 1976 Women's Field Hockey World Championship in West Berlin to beat Argentina 2-0. For this achievement she received the Silver Laurel Leaf in 1977. In addition, she was appointed to the Hall of Fame of the Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History in 1988 .

Gudrun Scholz played a total of 30 international matches from 1963 to 1976, 6 of them indoors. In 1977 she was the first to be awarded the Paul Reinberg plaque from the German Hockey Association .

literature

  • Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005. 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published via Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft, page 1028, and supplement in DGLD-Bulletin No. 63, Neuss 2012, page 159
  • Kurt Hoffmeister: Masters and Medals Braunschweig, 1986

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt of June 22, 1959
  2. ↑ Kurt Hoffmeister, 1986: Masters and medals of Braunschweig (Olympic victories, World-European-German championships), here page 56
  3. ^ NISH (Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History), article Gudrun Scholz
  4. ↑ May 30, 1976: Germany first world champion
  5. ↑ List of German national players
  6. ^ Paul-Reinberg badge 1977
personal data
SURNAME Scholz, Gudrun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scheller, Gudrun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig