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Charlotte "Lotte" Mühe , later Lotte Eschrich , (born January 24, 1910 in Uelzen ; † January 10, 1981 in Magdeburg ) was a German swimmer .
Life
Lotte Mühe started for the Hildesheim swimming club in 1899 . At the European Championships in Bologna ( Italy ) in 1927 , she finished second behind Hilde Schrader on the 200-meter chest distance .
In 1928 Lotte Mühe improved the world record for the 100 meter chest in Magdeburg by two and a half seconds to 1: 26.3 minutes. In 1928 she set two world records over the Olympic distance of 200 meters chest . In April she swam in Magdeburg 3: 15.8 minutes. After the Dutch Marie Baron undercut her record by three seconds a week later, Lotte Mühe took back the record in July at the German Championship in Berlin in 3: 11.2 minutes. At the Olympic Games in Amsterdam ( Netherlands ) in August of the same year , it no longer had the shape of Berlin. Hilde Schrader won ahead of Marie Baron, Lotte Mühe took the bronze medal in 3: 17.6 minutes after she had won against Baron in 3: 14.2 minutes. Lotte Mühe won the German championship again in 1929 in 3: 18.4 minutes.
For her services to sport in Lower Saxony , she was included in the Lower Saxony Sports Honor Gallery of the Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History.
literature
- Bodo Harenberg (Red.): The stars of sport from A – Z. Habel, Darmstadt et al. 1970.
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 .
Web links
- Lotte Mühe in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- German breaststroke champions
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trouble, Lotte |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trouble, Lotti; Trouble, Charlotte (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Uelzen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1981 |
| Place of death | Magdeburg |