Gerda Daumerlang

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameGerda•Daumerlang (-Richthammer-, -Kastner)
Used nameGerda•Daumerlang
Born2 May 1920 in Nürnberg, Bayern (GER)
Died16 March 2006 in Tettenweis, Bayern (GER)
AffiliationsSB Bayern 07, Nürnberg (GER)
NOC Germany

Biography

Diver Gerda Daumerlang finished fourth in the 3 metre springboard at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. She was already seen as the bronze medal winner by the audience, but the jury then allowed Dorothy Poynton-Hill of the United States to execute her last dive again, and she took the bronze medal instead. Daumerlang was silver medalist at the 1938 European Championships. From 1937-41 she was the German springboard champion.

Daumerlang moved to Vienna at the beginning of the 1940s, studied medicine, and represented Erster Wiener Amateur-Schwimm-Club. In 1944 she got married in Vienna and after World War II moved to Tettenweis near Passau. She ran her own medical practice until 1982 and also worked as a surgeon at a hospital in Griesbach.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Diving (Aquatics) GER Gerda Daumerlang
Springboard, Women (Olympic) 4

Special Notes