High jumper banned by Nazis honoured in Germany

A 95-year-old former British athletics champion banned by the Nazis from competing in the Olympics because she was Jewish has finally been recognised for her sporting achievements. The German track and field association has honoured Gretel Bergmann for a 5ft 3in high jump she made in Stuttgart in June, 1936 – a record that was erased from the history books by the Nazis. It said its recognition of her achievement after her snub by the Nazis was an “act of justice and a symbolic gesture of respect”. Bergmann moved to Britain from Germany in 1933 to find better athletics training. The following year, she became the British high jump champion.

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