Ursula Happe

{{Short description|German swimmer (1926–2021)}}

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|birth_place=Free City of Danzig

|death_date=26 March 2021 (aged 94)

|death_place= Dortmund, Germany

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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1956 Melbourne | 200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalGold| 1954 Turin | 200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalBronze| 1954 Turin | 100 m butterfly}}

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Ursula Happe ({{IPA|de|ˈʊʁzula ˈhapə|-|De-Ursula Happe.ogg}}; 20 October 1926 – 26 March 2021) was a German swimmer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, where she won the gold medal in 200 m breaststroke.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=14&sp=SWI "1956 Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Swimming"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070904154004/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=14&sp=SWI |date=4 September 2007 }} – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 18 June 2008) She also competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1952 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/ursula-happe-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170033/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/ursula-happe-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Ursula Happe Olympic Results |access-date=1 October 2016}} Happe died in Dortmund on 26 March 2021 at the age of 94.[https://www1.wdr.de/sport/schwimmen-ursula-happe-tod-100.html Olympiasiegerin Ursula Happe mit 94 Jahren gestorben]

Her son Thomas Happe is a former international handball player for West Germany.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/47664 |website=olympedia.org |title=Ursula Happe |access-date=31 March 2021}}