Elisabeth "Liesl" Perkaus (later ''Richter'', May 24, 1905 – January 27, 1987) was an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

track and field athlete Track and field is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of ...

who competed in 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 1928 she finished sixth in the discus throw event. In

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

Perkaus earned a bronze medal''1934 Women's World Games''
Intersportstats.com (accessdate 04 July 2021) at the

Olympics of Grace The Olympics of Grace ( it, Olimpiadi della Grazia) was an early international multi-sport event for womenSwedish relay Swedish relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners. The first runner runs 100 meters, the second one 200 m, the third one 300 m and the fourth runner 400 m, so the total length of the race is one kilometer. Usually Swedi ...

(with Herma Schurinek, Veronika Kohlbach, Liesl Perkaus and Maria Weese).

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1905 births 1987 deaths Austrian female discus throwers Olympic athletes of Austria Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Women's World Games medalists {{Austria-athletics-bio-stub