Gretel Bergmann (later Gretel Lambert, born Margarethe Bergmann, 12 April 1914 to 25 July 2017) was a German Jewish track and field athlete who competed as a high jumper during the 1930s. Because of her Jewish origins the Nazi authorities prevented her from taking part in the 1936 Summer Olympics, after which she left Germany and vowed never to return. In 2004 she nevertheless visited Germany to meet Elfriede Kaun, her rival from the 1930s, whom she considered a friend. She turned 100 in 2014 and died in 2017 at her home in Jamaica Estates, Queens, New York.
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Gretel Lambert (born Margarethe Bergmann; April 12, 1914, July 25, 2017) was a German Jewish track and field athlete who competed as a high jumper during the 1930s.
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Gretel Lambert (born Margarethe Bergmann; April 12, 1914, July 25, 2017) was a German Jewish track and field athlete who competed as a high jumper during the 1930s.
Competed In: 1936 Summer Olympics, lead paragraph, competed-in
Due to her Jewish origins, the Nazis prevented her from taking part in the 1936 Summer Olympics, after which she left Germany and vowed never to return.
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