About Marga Petersen
Lived 1919 – 2002 (aged 83). Marga Petersen was a German athletics competitor and sprinter.
Marga Petersen (; 18 September 1919 in Bremen – 22 September 2002 in Ottersberg) was a German sprinter.
She competed for West Germany in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 4 × 100 metres where she won the silver medal with her teammates Ursula Knab, 80 metre hurdles bronze medalist Maria Sander and Helga Klein.
Petersen became West German champion in the 100 metres five times; in 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1951. She also won silver medals in 1950 and 1952. She represented the club SV Werder Bremen. With this team she also became national champion in the 4 x 100 metres relay in 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951 and 1952.
Book Petersen, Margarete, geb. Kalensee. Petersen, Margarete, geb. Kalensee. In: Frauen Geschichte(n), Bremer Frauenmuseum (Hg.). Edition Falkenberg, Bremen 2016.
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German sprinter (1919-2002)
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Marga Petersen was born on 18 September 1919 in Bremen.
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Marga Petersen died on 22 September 2002 in Ottersberg.
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Marga Petersen was an athletics competitor and sprinter.
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