Margaréta Schieferová
{{short description|Slovak discus thrower (1914–2006)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Margaréta Schieferová
| fullname = Margaréta Schieferová
| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|3|29.|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Trstín, Austria-Hungary, today Slovakia
| death_date = September 2006 (aged 92)
| nationality = Slovak
| country = {{TCH}}
| club = VŠ Bratislava
|pb= DT – 35.68 m (1936)
|alma_mater= Comenius University
| sport = Athletics
| event = Discus throw
| updated = 27 July 2022
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{flagicon|Slovakia |1939}}}} Slovak krajina
{{MedalCompetition|Czechoslovak Athletics Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1936 Prague|Discus Throw}}
}}
Margaréta Schieferová (born March 29, 1914 in Trstín, district Trnava, Austria-Hungary (today Slovakia), died September 2006 in Wien){{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.sk/aktuality-sov/najstarsi-zijuci-olympionik-zo-slovenska-jan-matocha-od-5-januara-devatdesiatrocny-|title=Najstarší žijúci olympionik zo Slovenska Jan Matocha od 5. januára deväťdesiatročný!|website=www.olympic.sk|accessdate=23 September 2018}} was a Slovak athlete who competed for Czechoslovakia in the discus throw in the 1936 Olympic Games, finishing in 12th place.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/margareta-schieferova-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003021/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/margareta-schieferova-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Margaréta Schieferová Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=23 September 2018}} She was the first female athlete from Slovakia to participate in the Olympic Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.sk/sportovec/margareta-schieferova|title=Športovec Margaréta Schieferová|language= Slovak|work=olympic.sk|access-date=6 September 2021}}
Biography
She was born in the village of Trstín, and since 1933 she has been studying law at the Faculty of Law of Comenius University. During her studies, she joined the athletics department of VŠ Bratislava. The talented and well-physically built athlete went from jumping to discus throwing, where she developed into the best Czechoslovak discus thrower in the second half of the 1930s, as she became a Czechoslovak champion and national record holder in 1936.
After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, the athlete, who achieved the title of Doctor of Laws, devoted herself to athletics only non-competitively, until the 1943–44 season, because she married in Vienna, and lived there under the surnames Imhof and Dusby.
She died in September 2006.http://www.trstin.sk/files/obcasnik2009_2.pdf {{dead link|date=March 2021}}
International competitions
| {{AchievementTable|width=auto|Event=yese}} |
| colspan="6" | Representing {{TCH}} |
|---|
| rowspan=2 | 1936
| 12th | Discus | 34.03 m |
National titles
Czechoslovak Athletics Championships
- 1936 Prague: {{Gold1}} (Discus throw, 35.68 m PB){{cite web|url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76572-|title=Margaréta Schieferová |website=www.olympedia.org/|accessdate=23 March 2021}}
Personal bests
Outdoor
- Discus throw - 35.68 m NR, 1936{{cite web|url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76572-|title=Margaréta Schieferová |website=www.olympedia.org/|accessdate=23 March 2021}}
- Shot put - 11.10 m http://www.trstin.sk/files/obcasnik2009_2.pdf {{dead link|date=March 2021}}
- 60m - 8.2s http://www.trstin.sk/files/obcasnik2009_2.pdf {{dead link|date=March 2021}}
- Long jump - 4.92 m http://www.trstin.sk/files/obcasnik2009_2.pdf {{dead link|date=March 2021}}
References
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External links
[https://youtube.com/Kzj_0_5jiWA?si=00TkfORc3jaCN4Ls Original video from the 1936 Berlin Olympics with her]
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Category:Date of death unknown
Category:Year of death unknown
Category:Slovak female discus throwers
Category:Olympic athletes for Czechoslovakia
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Category:People from Trnava District
Category:Athletes from the Trnava Region
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