Gisela Mauermayer (24 November 1913 in Munich – 9 January 1995 in Munich) was a German athlete who competed mainly in the discus. She won the gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany.
Biography
Gisela Mauermayer was born on November 24, 1913 in the German Empire in Munich.
In 1932, Gisela became a member of the Nazi party.
In the 1934 Women's World Games in London, she won gold in shot put and pentathlon, and silver in discus. When the 1936 Summer Olympics were held in Berlin, she competed and won gold in discus for Nazi Germany.
After the Second World War, she became a biologist and chief librarian at the Zoological State Library in Munich, West Germany from 1954 - 1975. During the 1952 Olympics in Helshinki, Finland, she was a supervisor for West Germany's women Olympic team. In 1967, she became a member of the German National Olympic Committee.
She died in Munich on January 9, 1995.
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1913 births
1995 deaths
German female discus throwers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Germany
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Sportspeople from Munich
World record setters in athletics (track and field) European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Women's World Games medalists German female shot putters Nazi Party members 20th-century German women