Maria Sturm (athlete)

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Maria Sturm , married Haas (born January 30, 1935 in Nuremberg ; † February 10, 2019 ibid), was a German athlete who won the bronze medal in the pentathlon at the 1954 European Championships (4357 points: 11.88 m - 1.54 m - 26.2 s - 11.9 s - 5.61 m).

Sturm began at TV Fürth in 1860 , belonged to the sports club 1. FC Nürnberg from 1954 to 1963 and then moved to Siemens Nürnberg. In her competition time she was 1.75 m tall and 62 kg heavy.

Her husband was the athlete Karl-Friedrich Haas , who won Olympic medals in 1952 and 1956. Their son Christian Haas was the best German sprinter of the 1980s.

Results

European championships

  • 1954 - Pentathlon (bronze)

German championships (open air)

  • 1954 - 4 × 100 m relay (3rd)
  • 1955 - pentathlon (1st), long jump (3rd)
  • 1956 - Pentathlon (1st), 4 × 100 m relay (3rd)
  • 1965 - Pentathlon (3rd)

German Championships (hall)

  • 1954 - high jump (1st)
  • 1955 - high jump (1st), long jump (2nd)
  • 1956 - high jump (2nd), long jump (1st), 70 m hurdles (3rd)

literature

  • Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft p. 1189f
personal data
SURNAME Storm, Maria
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haas, Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 2019
Place of death Nuremberg