Josephine sticker
Josephine Sticker (born July 7, 1894 in Vienna ; † September 10, 1960 ) was an Austrian swimmer .
At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912, swimming competitions for women were on the program for the first time. On July 8th, Sticker was eliminated from the 100-meter freestyle competition in the third run. On July 15, 1912, Margarete Adler , Klara Milch , Josephine Sticker and Bertha Zahourek won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay behind the relays from the United Kingdom and Germany. This made the four swimmers the first Austrian women to win an Olympic medal.
literature
- Erich Kamper , Bill Mallon : Who's Who of the Olympic Games 1896–1992. Who's Who at the Olympics. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1992, ISBN 3-928562-47-9 .
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 .
Web links
- Josephine sticker in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sticker, Josephine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1960 |