Trude Gollner-Kolar

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameGertrude "Trude"•Gollner-Kolar
Used nameTrude•Gollner-Kolar
Nick/petnamesGertchen
Born23 January 1926 in Graz, Steiermark (AUT)
Died22 December 2014 in Berlin, Berlin (GER)
AffiliationsUnion Graz, Graz (AUT)
NOC Austria

Biography

Gertrude Gollner-Kolar, known as Trude, was on the Austrian women’s gymnastics team that finished sixth at the 1948 London Olympics. Individually, she placed 39th. She represented Union Graz domestically. In 1952 at the Helsinki Olympics, Gollner-Kolar helped the team place tenth and she finished 75th individually. With the portable apparatus team, she was ninth.

Trude Gollner-Kolar was Austrian champion in individual all-around (1950, 1952-53). In total, she won 19 national titles. At the 1950 World Championships she shared the title in the flying wings and became the only Austrian World Champion in gymnastics ever (as of 2023). She added a silver medal in horse vault, and a bronze in the individual all-around.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1948 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) AUT Trude Kolar
Team All-Around, Women (Olympic) Austria 6
1952 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) AUT Trude Gollner-Kolar
Individual All-Around, Women (Olympic) 75
Team All-Around, Women (Olympic) Austria 10
Team Portable Apparatus, Women (Olympic) Austria 9
Floor Exercise, Women (Olympic) 88
Horse Vault, Women (Olympic) 73
Uneven Bars, Women (Olympic) 83
Balance Beam, Women (Olympic) 90