Irmgard Praetz (9 August 1920 – 7 November 2008) was a German track and field athlete who competed mainly in the long jump. She was the gold medallist in that event at the 1938 European Athletics Championships. She achieved her career best mark of 5.88 m (19 ft 3+1⁄4 in) at the competition, which ranked her third globally for the year.[1][2]
 Irmgard Praetz EM 1938 | ||
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Representing  Germany
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1938 Vienna | Long jump |
Praetz was born in Salzwedel and died in Garching bei München. She was the 1938 long jump champion at the German Athletics Championships and was runner-up in the discipline in 1940. After World War II she won a national title in the women's pentathlon. She later married and took the name Römer.[3]
See also
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edit- ^ Irmgard Praetz. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2015-12-28.
- ^ European Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-12-28.
- ^ Peter Matthews: Athletics 2009. SportsBooks, Cheltenham 2009, ISBN 978-1-899807-78-9. Retrieved on 2015-12-28.