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Nationality | Austrian |
Born | Vienna, Austria | 5 January 1941
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Sport | Gymnastics |
Waltraud Benesch (born 5 January 1941) 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.
The Olympisch Stadion or Kielstadion was built as the main stadium for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. For those games, it hosted the athletics, equestrian, field hockey, football, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rugby union, tug of war, weightlifting and korfball (demonstration) events. Following the Olympics it was converted to a football stadium. Its current tenant is K Beerschot VA, a Belgian football club. There are no remnants of the Olympic athletics track.
Wilson Benesch is a British company that designs and manufactures hi-fi high-end audio equipment, like loudspeakers and turntables. Wilson Benesch was founded in 1989 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Wilson Benesch operates it’s entire design and manufacturing operation from Falcon House, an art-deco styled building in the North-West of the city and the original home of Batchelors, built in the 1930s.
Brigitte Köhn is a retired East German sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres and later 400 metres hurdles.
Finland first participated at the Olympic Games in 1908 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games and every Winter Olympic Games since then. Finland was also the host nation for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Finnish athletes have won a total of 305 medals at the Summer Games, mostly in athletics and wrestling. Finland has also won 175 medals at the Winter Games, mostly in nordic skiing events.
Ryan Benesch is a Canadian professional lacrosse player who plays for the Halifax Thunderbirds in the National Lacrosse League. Benesch has also played for the Albany FireWolves, Colorado Mammoth, Buffalo Bandits, Minnesota Swarm, Edmonton Rush, Toronto Rock, and Panther City LC and was the 2011 NLL scoring leader. Benesch was born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
Wally Dressel was a German freestyle swimmer, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. She won a silver medal in the relay together with her teammates Grete Rosenberg, Louise Otto and Hermine Stindt. In the 100 metre freestyle competition, she was eliminated in the semi-finals.
Waltraud Kretzschmar was an East German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. In the 1970s, she was considered the best and most successful handball player in the world.
Waltraud J. "Traudl" Hecher-Görgl was an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic medalist.
The Toronto Rock are a lacrosse team based in Toronto, Ontario playing in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). The 2007 season was the franchise's 11th season, and its 10th season as the Toronto Rock.
Waltraud Pöhlitz, née Kaufmann is a German middle distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres.
Waltraud Oertel is a retired German diver. She competed in the springboard at the 1960 Summer Olympics and finished in 10th place.
Rudolf "Rudi" Oertel was a German diver. He competed in the springboard at the 1960 Summer Olympics and finished in 11th place. Around late 1954 he married Waltraud Skrzipek, a German diver who also competed at the 1960 Olympics in the springboard.
Verona Marolin Elder MBE is a female British, Commonwealth and European medal winning English 400 metres runner and is now the manager of the British athletics team for people with learning disability.
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.
Waltraud Roick is a German rower. She competed in the women's eight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Leonie Benesch is a German actress. She has played roles in various film and TV productions including Babylon Berlin, The Crown, Around the World in 80 Days and The Teachers' Lounge. For her role in the latter, in 2023, she received the award for Best Performance in a Leading Role at the German Film Awards.
Waltraud Kaser is an Italian ice hockey player, currently playing for HC Toblach Icebears of the Italian Hockey League Women. She competed in the women's tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Waltraud Weißenberg is a German sports shooter. She competed in the women's 25 metre pistol event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Waltraud Schiefer is an Italian luger. She competed in the women's singles event at the 2002 Winter Olympics.