Gisela Mauermayer

Gisela Mauermayer

(Second to the left) Gisela in 1938
Personal information
Born	(1913-11-24)24 November 1913 Munich, German Empire
Died	9 January 1995(1995-01-09) (aged 81) Munich, Germany
Sport
Sport	Discus throw, Shot Put
Event(s)	Discus Throw, Shot Put
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Germany Olympic Games 1936 Berlin Discus throw Women's World Games 1934 London Shot put 1934 London Pentathlon 1934 London Discus throw European Athletics Championships 1938 Vienna Shot put

Gisela Mauermayer (24 November 1913 – 9 January 1995) 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 24 November 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 9 January 1995.