Maria Jacoby

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameMaria Anna•Jacoby (Kasteleiner-, -Lamkin)
Used nameMaria•Jacoby
Born15 February 1900 in Eddersheim, Hattersheim am Main, Hessen (GER)
Died22 January 1990 in Rocky River, Ohio (USA)
NOC Luxembourg

Biography

Maria was the second wife of Jean Jacoby. She was a native German from Hessen and met him shortly after World War I in Frankfurt, where he had emigrated from Strasbourg. She later immigrated to the United States after the death of her husband in 1936. There she re-married to become Maria Lamkin. She participated “hors concours” in the 1936 art competitions with her work Girl in Shot Put, which was a wall hanging on silk for club rooms. In 1936 there was no category for Applied Arts (only Applied Graphics). The only known image of her tapestry can be seen in a photo of the respective exhibition room of the Berlin art competitions. The size of her work may have been roughly 1 x 2 meters.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Art Competitions LUX Maria Jacoby
Painting, Applied Arts, Open (Olympic) HC

Olympic family relations