Ruth Lamsbach

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Ruth Lamsbach
Personal information
Born1950 (age 7475)
Bochum, West Germany
Sport
CountryFlag of Germany.svg  Germany / Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Sport Para table tennis
Paralympic athletics
Para archery
Paralympic swimming
Medal record

Ruth Lamsbach (born 1950) is a German paralympic athlete and multiple medalist at the Paralympic Games . [1]

She received the Silver Laurel Leaf on June 23, 1993.  

Career

At the 1968 Summer Paralympic Games in Tel Aviv, she won a bronze medal in the 25 meters freestyle, [2] and silver medal in breaststroke. [3]

At the 1972 Summer Paralympics, she competed in both pentathlon and wheelchair tennis. She became a Paralympic champion in the pentathlon. [4]

Since 1976, she transitioned to table tennis. She competed in the 1976 Summer Paralympics, and 1980 Summer Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in singles 2. [5]

At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, she won a gold in Open 1B-4, and bronze in the singles 2 class. [6]

She also took part in the 1988 Summer Paralympics winning a silver medal in Singles 2, [7] and 1992 Paralympic Games winning a gold medal in 1992 in the Teams 3 class. [8]

At the 1990 World Championships, she won the world title in singles and doubles. [9]

References

  1. "Ruth Lamsbach - Archery, Athletics, Swimming, Table Tennis, Wheelchair Basketball | Paralympic Athlete Profile". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  2. "Tel Aviv 1968 - swimming - womens-25-m-freestyle-class-2-complete". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  3. "Tel Aviv 1968 - swimming - womens-25-m-breaststroke-class-2-complete". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  4. "Heidelberg 1972 - athletics - womens-pentathlon-2". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  5. "Arnhem 1980 - table-tennis - womens-singles-2". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  6. "New York / Stoke Mandeville 1984 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - IPC Historical Results Database". 2016-03-03. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  7. "Seoul 1988 - table-tennis - womens-singles-2". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  8. "Barcelona 1992 - table-tennis - womens-teams-3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  9. "LAMSBACH Ruth". stats.ipttc.org. Retrieved 2022-11-18.