Maria Jeibmann

Maria Jeibmann born Arenz (born December 9, 1927 in Düsseldorf ; † May 15, 1993 ibid) was a German athlete who - starting for the Federal Republic - was active as a sprinter in the 1950s and early 1960s . She started for the Düsseldorfer SC 99 and after her marriage to the coach Günter Jeibmann (1954) for the Wuppertaler SV .

Maria Jeibmann's special route was the 400 meters, which women rarely ran at the time. After the first German women's championship over 400 meters was won by the 800 meter specialist Antje Gleichfeld in 1958 , the title went three times in a row to Maria Jeibmann (1959–1961), who was over 30 years old.

Under her maiden name Arenz, she had already performed over the shorter 200-meter distance. She was runner-up in 1953 and 1954, and third in 1955 and 1961.

In 1962 she ended her career by winning the German indoor championships over 400 meters as well as a second place over 200 meters and a third place over 400 meters in the open-air championships. The now 34-year-old set her personal best with 55.6 seconds.

Maria Jeibmann took part in two European championships , but did not make it into the finals. In 1954 in Bern , she retired over 200 meters in the intermediate run with 25.0 s. (She was not represented in the relay that won the silver medal.) Four years later, in 1958 in Stockholm , she tried the 400-meter distance for the first time for women, but was eliminated in the run-up to fourth in 55.9 s off. A second attempt at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome was denied, as the women's 400 meters were not included in the Olympic program until 1964.

After completing her active career, Maria Jeibmann worked for the Lower Rhine Athletics Association as a women's and youth warden. In 1993 she was awarded the Hanns-Braun-Wanderpreis for special achievements and extraordinary services in the leadership of German athletics.

The association “ Friends of Athletics ” awards the Maria Jeibmann Prize every year .

literature

• Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on German Athletics Promotion and Project Society