Ursula Happe
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| Born | 20 October 1926 Free City of Danzig | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 March 2021 (aged 94) Dortmund, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ursula Happe (German pronunciation: [ˈʊʁzula ˈhapə] ; 20 October 1926 – 26 March 2021) was a German swimmer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, where she won the gold medal in 200 m breaststroke.[1] She also competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2] Happe died in Dortmund on 26 March 2021 at the age of 94.[3][4]
Her son Thomas Happe is a former international handball player for West Germany.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1956 Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Swimming" Archived 4 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 18 June 2008)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ursula Happe Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ Olympiasiegerin Ursula Happe mit 94 Jahren gestorben
- ^ a b "Ursula Happe". olympedia.org. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
External links
[edit]- Ursula Happe at World Aquatics
- Ursula Happe at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Ursula Happe at Olympedia
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