Ilse Meudtner (1 November 1912 – 18 July 1990) was a German diver. She competed at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

in the 3 m springboard and finished fourth. Between 1934 and 1940 Meudtner was a solo dancer at the

Berlin State Opera The (), also known as the Berlin State Opera (german: Staatsoper Berlin), is a listed building on Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic center of Berlin, Germany. The opera house was built by order of Prussian king Frederick the Great from ...

, and during

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she performed abroad. After the war she married a Dutch man and became a Dutch citizen. An injury in 1955 ended her dancing career. Since 1964 she worked as a journalist in Madrid.

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1912 births 1990 deaths German female divers Olympic divers for Germany Divers at the 1928 Summer Olympics 20th-century German women {{Germany-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub