Charlotte Köhler

Charlotte Köhler

Personal information
Born	(1907-07-01)1 July 1907
Sport
Sport	Track and field athletics
Event(s)	sprint, high jump, long jump, javelin throw
Club	Berliner SC Eintracht Frankfurt
Achievements and titles
National finals	1924 [de]: 4 × 100 metres 1925 [de]: 4 × 100 metres 1926 [de]: 4 × 100 metres 1921 [de]: 4 × 100 metres 1922 [de]: 4 × 100 metro's 1923 [de]: 4 × 100 metres 1927 [de]: 4 × 100 metres

Charlotte Köhler (born 1 July 1907) was a German track and field athlete, active during the 1920s, during the early era of women’s athletics in Germany. She was a member of Berliner SC and later Eintracht Frankfurt. In the 4 x 100 meters relay she was the world record holder. She was three times national champion.

Biography

As a member of Berliner SC, Köhler had her main successes in the 4 x 100 metres relay. Next to the relay she also competed in the high jump, long jump and javelin throw.^[1]

She won with the Berliner SC 4 x 100 meters relay team the bronze medal at the national championships in national champion in 1921, 1922 and 1923. The following three years, 1924, 1925 and 1926, she became with the team national champion and won again the bronze medal in 1927.^[2][3][4]

Together with teammates Lilli Henoch, Cläre Voss and Gerda Pöting she set an official world record in the 4 × 100 meter relay in Köln on 11 July 1926 with a time of 50.3 seconds.^[5] The team set before on 13 July 1924 already the German national record with a time of 51.6 seconds.

References

1. "Charlotte Köhler". brinkster.net.
2. "Ergebnisse auf Sport-komplett". sport-komplett.de (in German). Retrieved 4 October 2024.
3. "Deutsche Leichtathletik-Bestenliste Frauen 1925". leichtathletik-dgld.de (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2022.
4. "Deutsche Leichtathletik-Bestenliste Frauen 1927". 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.