Hermione Stindt
Hermine Stindt (born January 3, 1888 in Bremerhaven , † February 19, 1974 in Hanover ) was a German swimmer .
Hermine Stindt from Hannover 92 was the only German swimmer at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 who was eliminated in the first round in the 100 meter freestyle. The German 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay consisting of Wally Dressel , Louise Otto , Hermine Stindt and Grete Rosenberg crossed the finish line 11.8 seconds after the British Olympic champions, but had a 12.4 second lead over the third-placed Austrians .
Awards
- 1912: Olympic Games silver medal 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay
- 1921: German champion
- 1988: Admission to the gallery of honor of the Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History
Honors
2010 Naming of a path south of today's HDI-Arena in the Hanover Sports Park in Hermine-Stindt-Weg
literature
- Carl Diem : The Olympic Games 1912 , Berlin 1912, p. 98 ff.
- Wolfgang Philipps: "There was a hard struggle between Miss Fletcher and Fräulein Rosenberg". A contribution to the history of swimming in Lower Saxony . In: Yearbook of the Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History , Vol. 20/21 (2017/2018), pp. 183–209
- Wolfgang Philipps: Above water - under water. 125 years of the Hanover Swimming Club from 1892 , Hildesheim 2017, p. 29 ff.
Web links
- Hermine Stindt in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Conrad von Meding: Six new sporty names around the arena , in: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of November 16, 2010, p. 17
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stindt, Hermione |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremerhaven |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th February 1974 |
| Place of death | Hanover |