Käthe Sohnemann
Käthe Sohnemann (also Kate Sohnemann ) for Marriage Schmidt , (* 6. May 1913 in Hamburg , † 1998 in Kiel) was a German gymnast and Olympic champion.
Käthe Sohnemann started for TV Hamburg-Winterhude . At the Olympic Games in 1936 an Olympic team competition for gymnasts took place for the second time after 1928. Käthe Sohnemann took third place behind Gertrud Meyer and Erna Bürger . With the German team consisting of Gertrud Meyer, Erna Bürger, Käthe Sohnemann, Isolde Frölian , Anita Bärwirth , Paula Pöhlsen as well as Friedl Iby and Julie Schmitt , she won the gold medal three points ahead of the team from Czechoslovakia. In 1937 Käthe Sohnemann won the German championships in all-around gymnastics.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 .
Web links
- Käthe Sohnemann in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- German champions in gymnastics
Individual evidence
- ^ GESELLSCHAFT HARMONIE VON 1789: Hamburg personalities. Retrieved February 24, 2020 .
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Son, Kathe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Son, Kate; Schmidt, Käthe (married name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German gymnast and Olympic champion |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1998 |
| Place of death | Kiel |