Ida von Nagel
Ida Leopoldine Sophie Elizabeth Freiin von Nagel (born May 15, 1917 in Beberbeck , today a district of Hofgeismar ; † August 29, 1971 in Ostenfelde , today a district of Ennigerloh ) was a German dressage rider.
At the Olympic Games in Helsinki, the German team won the bronze medal in dressage with Heinz Pollay on Adular (7th in the individual ranking), Ida von Nagel in Africa (10th in the individual ranking) and Fritz Thiedemann on Chronicler (12th in the individual ranking). All three horses were bred at Gestüt Vornholz, which Ida had founded by Nagel's brother Clemens Freiherr von Nagel-Doornick in 1937 at the Nagels family headquarters at Haus Vornholz moated castle in Ostenfelde.
While Ida von Nagel ended her career after the Olympic Games in 1952, her horse Afrika won the silver medal with the team under Anneliese Küppers in 1956 .
Ida von Nagel was the first German rider to win an Olympic medal. Together with the Danish Lis Hartel , who won silver in the individual ranking in 1952, Ida von Nagel was the first Olympic medalist in equestrian sport. A total of four women competed at the Olympic premiere for female riders in 1952, apart from Hartel and von Nagel, the Norwegian Elsa Christophersen and Marjorie Haines from the USA.
For her athletic achievements, she received the Silver Laurel Leaf on October 27, 1952 .
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 , in particular the notes 269 and 271 on p. 309f.
Web links
- Ida von Nagel in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- History of the Vornholz riding club
Individual evidence
- ↑ Horses in History: Olympic girl power (accessed December 5, 2014)
- ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle II. Here note 271 on p. 310
- ↑ Sports report of the federal government of September 26, 1973 to the Bundestag - printed matter 7/1040 - page 71
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nagel, Ida von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nagel, Ida Leopoldine Sophie Elizabeth Freiin von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dressage rider |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beberbeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 29, 1971 |
| Place of death | Ostenfelde (Ennigerloh) |