Ursel Brunner

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Ursel Brunner, Ineke Tigelaar 1963.jpg

Ursel Brunner (l) and Ineke Tigelaar on 1963

Personal information
Surname: Ursel Brunner
Nation: GermanyGermany Germany
Swimming style (s) : Freestyle
Birthday: January 30, 1941
Place of birth: Heidelberg
Size: 1.65 m
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Ursula "Mohrle" Wirth-Brunner (born January 30, 1941 in Heidelberg ) is a former German swimmer .

She learned to swim at the age of four. The freestyle swimmer was active as a swimmer for SV Nikar Heidelberg from the mid-1950s to 1964 . Her greatest successes include 27 German championships and two bronze medals at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome with the 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay and the 4 × 100 meter relay . She also set 99 German swimming records in the course of her career. In 1963 she was voted Sportswoman of the Year .

Ursel Brunner was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf for her sporting success on December 9, 1960.

After her active career, she was a swimming coach, but withdrew in 1984 because of the rampant doping in competitive sports.

Brunner, nicknamed Mohrle because of her dark complexion, had been married to her former trainer Hans Wirth († 1988) since 1975. She has a son. Professionally, Ursel Wirth-Brunner worked in the school service and was the rector of the International Comprehensive School in Heidelberg for many years .

For many years, Wirth-Brunner trained fencing in the disciplines of foil and epee in a major Heidelberg club. In 2009 she founded the Fechtverein-Heidelberg 2009. The association has set itself the goal of promoting children in sport according to their abilities, regardless of their social or ethnic origin.

Web links

Commons : Ursel Brunner  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Ursula Brunner-Wirth entry in Who's Who, The people Lexicon. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ Women athletes of the year since 1947 article of the world. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  3. Sports report of the Federal Government printed matter 7/1040 of September 26, 1973. Accessed on November 20, 2017 (pdf)
  4. "Mohrle" sees her honor injured
  5. "Mohrle" sees her honor injured