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Bergmann, Gretel, 1914-2017

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Personal name headingBergmann, Gretel, 1914-2017
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Variant(s)Lambert-Bergmann, Margaret, 1914-2017
Lambert, Margaret Bergmann, 1914-2017
Bergmann-Lambert, Margaret, 1914-2017
Bergmann, Margarethe Minnie, 1914-2017
Birth date1914-04-12
Death date2017-07-25
Place of birthLaupheim (Germany)
Place of deathQueens (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activityJumping
Profession or occupationTrack and field athletes
Found in"Ich war die grosse jüdische Hoffnung" : Erinnerungen einer aussergewöhnlichen Sportlerin, c2003: t.p. (Gretel Bergmann) p. xi (a high jumper; b. 1914; home town was Laupheim, Ger.) p. 231 (Margaret Lambert-Bergmann, has a house in New York)
By leaps and bounds, c2005: t.p. (Margaret Bergmann Lambert)
Wikipedia, via WWW, Oct. 12, 2007 (Gretel Bergmann; also known as Margaret Bergmann-Lambert began calling herself that from 1937 on; emigrated to U.S. in 1937; became citizen in 1942)
National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, via WWW, Oct. 12, 2007 (Margaret Lambert)
New York times WWW site, viewed July 26, 2017 (in obituary published July 25: Margaret Bergmann Lambert; b. Margarethe Minnie Bergmann, Apr. 12, 1914, Laupheim; known as Gretel Bergmann; immigrated to the U.S., 1937; m. Dr. Bruno Lambert, 1938 (d. 2013); d. Tuesday [July 25, 2017], Queens, aged 103; world-class high jumper who was best known for her nonparticipation in the 1936 Berlin Olympics; she was kept off the German team because she was Jewish)