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Nationality | Austrian |
Born | Vienna, Austria | 16 February 1945
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Sport | Gymnastics |
Elfriede Hirnschall (born 16 February 1945) is an Austrian gymnast. She competed in six events at the 1960 Summer Olympics. [1]
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad and commonly known as Antwerp 1920, were an international multi-sport event held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.
Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics took place at the Stampede Corral, the Olympic Saddledome and the Father David Bauer Olympic Arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This was the last Olympic competition where compulsory figures were contested for the men's and ladies' events.
Elfriede Jelinek is an Austrian playwright and novelist. She is one of the most decorated authors to write in German and was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature for her "musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that, with extraordinary linguistic zeal, reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power". She is considered to be among the most important living playwrights of the German language.
Figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympic Center Arena in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
Elfriede Kaun was a German high jumper.
Gretel Lambert was a German Jewish track and field athlete who competed as a high jumper during the 1930s.
Germany was the host nation and top medal recipient at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. 433 competitors, 389 men and 44 women, took part in 143 events in 22 sports.
Elfriede "Elfi" Eder is a former alpine skier from Austria.
Ein Sportstück is a play by Austrian playwright Elfriede Jelinek. It was first published in 1998. The premiere took place on 23 January 1998 at the Burgtheater in Vienna under the auspices of the German director Einar Schleef. The English language premiere, under the title Sports Play, translated by Penny Black with Karen Jürs-Munby, took place on 11 July 2012 at Live at LICA in Lancaster and toured the UK to coincide with London 2012 Olympics. It was directed by Vanda Butkovic and brought to the UK an essential figure of contemporary cultural canon.
Heidi Preuss is an American former alpine skier who competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics. She is the daughter of the late Remo Preuss of Jena Germany and Elfriede Preuss of Lubeck Germany.
August Aleksander Pikker was an Estonian wrestler. He competed for the Russian Empire in the light heavyweight event at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was married to Amanda Elfriede Pikker (1907–1993).
Sports Reference, LLC is an American sports statistics company that operates databases of several sports. They include Pro Football Reference for American football, Baseball Reference for baseball, Basketball Reference for basketball, Hockey Reference for ice hockey, FBref for association football (soccer), and pages for college football and basketball. Sports Reference also operate the online sports trivia game Immaculate Grid and the statistics-based subscription service Stathead. From 2008 to 2020 the Web site included Olympic Games statistics from the first Games to the most recent.
Elfriede Wever was a German runner. She competed at the 1928 Olympics in the 800 m event and finished in ninth place.
Elfriede Steurer was an Austrian sprinter who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Steurer was a twelve-time individual national champion, including nine titles in the 80 metres hurdles. She competed in that event twice at the European Athletics Championships, first in 1950 and again in 1954. Steurer later married and took the name Reichert. She died on 6 December 2021, at the age of 96.
Monica Goermann is a Canadian former gymnast and gymnastics coach. She is also the owner, artistic director, and choreographer of Monica's Danz Gym. She was named to the 1980 Canadian Olympic team, although the team did not compete due to Canada's decision to boycott the Olympics in Moscow.
Elfriede Zimmermann was a German swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Elfriede von Nitzsch was a German athlete. She competed in the women's long jump at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Elfriede Spiegelhauer-Uhlig was a German cross-country skier. She competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics and the 1964 Winter Olympics.
Elfriede Wäger is an Austrian luger. She competed in the women's singles event at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
The 2004 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek "for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power". She is the tenth female and the first Austrian Nobel laureate followed by Peter Handke in 2019.