Rose Drieling

German athletics competitor

Rose Drieling (born 29 April 1909) was a German track and field athlete, specialized as a sprinter and also competed in the 800 metre and hurdling. She was active during the 1920s and early 1930s, during the early era of women’s athletics in Germany. She was a member of SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg and represented Germany at international competitions.[1][2][3][4] In the 4 x 100 meters relay she was the world record holder and national champion.

Rose Drieling
Personal information
Born(1909-04-29)29 April 1909
Sport
SportTrack and field athletics
Event(s)100 m, 200 m, 800 m and hurdling
ClubSV Victoria 96 Magdeburg
Achievements and titles
National finals

Biography

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Personal life

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Drieling was born on 29 April 1909. She had a twin sister Ilse Drieling who was also an athletics competitor.[1]

Career

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Together with SC Magdeburg teammates Anneliese Jacke, Lieselotte Hellmann and her sister Ilse Drieling she set an official world record in the 4 × 100 meter relay in Breslau on 7 August 1927 with a time of 50.0 seconds.[5] The team also became national champion in 1927 with a time of 49.8 seconds. The team was runner-up during the national championships in 1926 and 1928. In 1930, the relay team finished in third place, with Erika Kreplin running instead of Jacke.[6]

Drieling represented Germany for the first time at the 1928 Great Britain–Germany–France women's athletics match. She won with the German team the 4 x 100 meters relay and competed in the 100 yards. She also competed at the 1930 Great Britain–Germany women's athletics match [de] where she finished second in the 4 x 100 meters relay and fourth in the 100 meter.[7][8][9]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Rose Driesling". brinkster.net.
  2. "Deutsche Leichtathletik-Bestenliste Frauen 1926". leichtathletik-dgld.de (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  3. "Deutsche Leichtathletik-Bestenliste Frauen 1927". leichtathletik-dgld.de (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  4. "Deutsche Leichtathletik-Bestenliste Frauen 1928". leichtathletik-dgld.de (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  5. "World, european and finnish record progression". dhost.info/jvsalo. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  6. "Ergebnisse auf Sport-komplett". sport-komplett.de (in German). Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  7. Möwes, Detlef; Krüger, Julian (1992). 100 Jahre Deutsche Leichtathletik, Eine statistische Auswertung (in German). Selbstverlag Detlef Mewes.
  8. K. Wilhelm Köster (1998). 100 Jahre deutsche Leichtathletik (1898–1998): von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart (in German). Hornberger Verlag.
  9. Presseausschuß des Deutschen Leichtathletik-Verbandes (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch der Leichtathletik 1958 (in German). Berlin-Charlottenburg: Verlag Bartels & Wernitz. 1958. p. 187f.