Trude Raubitschek
Gertrude "Trude" Raubitschek , in Australia also Gertrude "Trude" Roberts (born April 16, 1903 or April 16, 1904 in Austria-Hungary , † August 18, 1987 in Australia ) was an Austro-Australian athlete .
Life
Trude Raubitschek belonged to the SC Hakoah Vienna , which she represented in various sports. In addition to winter sports such as ice skating and skiing , she also practiced other sports such as tennis , swimming , hockey and mountain sports . In field hockey she started for Austria in several international matches. At the Winter Maccabiade held between February 18 and 22, 1936 in Banská Bystrica , she took first or second place in several disciplines of skiing. In the course of her career she received numerous sports awards, particularly in skiing, and was the holder of the Bronze Sports Badge .
After Austria's annexation in 1938, she emigrated with her family, which included the artisan , textile artist and musician Fritzi Raubitschek (1901–1997) and her daughter Renate Yates , first to England in 1938 and from there in 1939 with the MV Aorangi went to Australia with her husband and daughter , where she lived with the family name Roberts until her death . In Australia, too, she was still active as an athlete, especially in her parade sport, skiing. She survived her husband Richard (1900–1981) by around six years and died on August 18, 1987 in the country where she had lived for around 50 years. She left their daughter Lottie and granddaughter Jane. The couple Trude and Richard Raubitschek were buried at the Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium .
literature
- Arthur Baar : 50 years of Hakoah 1909–1959 . Hakoah Publishing Committee, Vienna 1959.
- Ignaz Hermann Körner : Lexicon of Jewish Sportsmen in Vienna 1900–1938 . Mandelbaum Verlag , Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85476-265-2 .
- Ilse Korotin (Ed.): BiografıA. Lexicon of Austrian Women. Volume 3: P-Z. Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2016, ISBN 978-3-205-79590-2 , p. 2654.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sydney Morning Herald (NSW), January 21, 1954 (English), accessed July 23, 2017
- ↑ Entry on Trude Raubitschek on the official website of the Australian government (English), accessed on April 17, 2019
- ↑ Part 5.2 - Skiing and Ski Touring in the Snowy Mountains , accessed on July 23, 2017
- ↑ Trude Raubitschek on heavenaddress.com (English), accessed on July 23, 2017
- ↑ Richard Raubitschek on heavenaddress.com (English), accessed on July 23, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Raubitschek, Trude |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Raubitschek, Gertrude; Roberts, Trude; Roberts, Gertrude |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-Australian athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1903 or April 16, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 1987 |
| Place of death | Australia |