Gudrun Scholz née Scheller (born 14 January 1940) is a retired German field hockey player.
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14 January 1940 Braunschweig, German Reich | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Eintracht Braunschweig | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1963–1976 | West Germany | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Scholz joined Eintracht Braunschweig in 1952, initially competing as a long jumper. In 1959 she set a German record at 6.22m.[1] In 1961, Scholz placed third in the long jump competition at the German Athletics Championships.[2]
In the early 1960s, she joined Eintracht Braunschweig's field hockey team. With her club, she won nine German championship titles.[3] She also played 30 games in total for the West German national team.[4]
With West Germany, Scholz won the 1976 Women's Hockey World Cup. She scored both goals in the final, a 2–0 win over Argentina.[5]
In 1977, Scholz was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt and the Paul-Reinberg-Plakette, the highest award of the German Hockey Federation.[6] In 1988, she was inducted into the hall of fame of the Lower Saxon Institute of Sports History.[7]
References
edit- ^ "19jährige Gudrun Scheller sprang Rekord" (in German). Hamburger Abendblatt. 22 June 1959. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ "Einträchtler bei Deutschen Meisterschaften" (in German). eintracht.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ Hoffmeister, Kurt (1986). Meister und Medaillen. Braunschweigs Olympiasieger, Welt-, Europa-, Deutsche Meister 1946–1986 (in German). Stadtbibliothek Braunschweig. p. 56.
- ^ "Nationalspieler: Damen" (in German). hockey.de. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ "Deutschland erstmals Weltmeister" (in German). hockey.de. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ "Erstmals Paul-Reinberg-Plakette" (in German). hockey.de. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- ^ "Hall of Fame / Ehrenportal" (in German). nish.de. Retrieved 11 July 2015.