Margarete Buscher
Margarete "Margret" Buscher (* 8. February 1938 in Nordhorn , † 18th April 1991 ) was a German athlete who - for the Federal Republic of Germany starting - in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a runner over 400 and 800 meters in appearance kicked.
It started for the LC Nordhorn, from 1964 for Preußen 06 Münster.
successes
She won two German championship titles:
- 1958 in the forest run and
- 1964 over 400 m in the hall
There are also seven German runners-up championships:
- 1957 and 1958 over 800 m
- 1961, 1963 and 1964 over 400 m
- 1963 and 1965 over 400 m in the hall
such as
- a third place in 1958 over 800 m in the hall
On March 9, 1963 in Berlin , she set an indoor world record over 400 meters with 56.5 seconds.
International competitions
Margarete Buscher started at two international events:
- 1958 over 800 m at the European Championships in Stockholm , where she was fourth in her heat in 2: 11.3 min, and
- 1964 over 800 m at the Olympic Games in Tokyo . While another German participant ( Erna Maisack ) was eliminated in the preliminary run, Margarete Buscher came second in her preliminary run in 55.3 s (behind Marija Itkina ) in the intermediate run. There she had to finish the competition in seventh place despite an increase to 55.2 s.
Web links
- Historical successes of the LC Nordhorn
- Margarete Buscher in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ www.lc-nordhorn.de: Historical, successes, remarkable things , ... , here online ; last accessed on 25 Feb 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buscher, Margarete |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Buscher, Margret |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sprinter and middle distance runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nordhorn |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 18, 1991 |