Marie Kießling

Marie Kießling ( Maria Babette Kießling ; born February 4, 1894 in Munich , † September 6, 1984 in Krailling ) was the only German athlete who managed to win all competitions in a championship.

Career

In 1920, championships for women were organized for the first time in Dresden by the German Sports Authority for Athletics, the predecessor organization of the German Athletics Association . The program included the 100-meter run , the long jump , the shot put and the 4-by-100-meter relay . Marie Kießling won all four championship titles.

• 100 meter run in 13.0 s
• Long jump with 5.24 m
• Shot put at 8.31 m
• 4 x 100 meter relay of TSV 1860 Munich with Zenta Bauer , Maria Rädler , Emma Heiß and Marie Kießling in 53.0 seconds

In 1921 in Hamburg, Marie Kießling did not take part in the shot put, but defended the other three championship titles, with the same four runners in the relay as in 1920. After that, she ended her career.

Marie Kießling was married to the architect Hans Döllgast . Ten years after her husband, the pioneer of German women's athletics died at the age of 90.

World records

Official world records for women were only set by the IAAF from 1928. From 1922 to 1928 world records were held by the International Women's Federation (FSFI). Marie Kießling does not appear in these lists because Germany was not yet a member of the international associations after the First World War. But your best performances would have been world records.

• 100-meter run: Marie Kießling ran for 12.8 seconds at the German Championships in Hamburg on August 21, 1921. This service was discontinued by the British Mary Lines in 1922. German Emmi Haux was the first woman to run faster in 1925, but this achievement was not recognized as a world record. The first recognized record with a time faster than Kießling's best was achieved in 1928 by the Japanese Kinue Hitomi with 12.2 s.
• Long jump: Marie Kießling jumped 5.54 m in Munich on May 29, 1921. Kinue Hitomi jumped 5.75 m in 1926 as the first woman to continue. This achievement was not recognized by the FSFI, so the jump of the British woman Muriel Gunn of 5.575 m in 1927 was the first world record that was above Kießling's record.
• Season: The victory time of the season of TSV 1860 Munich on August 20, 1921 in Hamburg of 52.1 s was exactly one year later to the day with 51.4 s by a British season with the cast Mary Lines, Nora Callebout, Daisy Leach and Muriel Porter.

literature

• Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 , 2 volumes, Darmstadt 2005 published on Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft
• Ekkehard zur Megede: Progression of World Best Performances and Official IAAF World Records , London 1987 published by the International Athletic Foundation