Gretel Bergmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gretel Bergmann

German high jumper

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1914

Place of Birth: Laupheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 25-Jul-2017

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Gretel Lambert (born Margarethe Bergmann; April 12, 1914 – July 25, 2017) was a German Jewish track and field athlete who competed as a high jumper during the 1930s. Due to her Jewish origins, the Nazis prevented her from taking part in the 1936 Summer Olympics, after which she left Germany and vowed never to return.
Bergmann turned 100 in 2014.
She died in 2017 at her home in Jamaica Estates, Queens, New York.