Veronika "Ronny" Kohlbach (3 January 1906 – 1996) was an Austrian athlete. 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 ...

Kohlbach earned a bronze medal at the Olympics of Grace in the

Swedish 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 Elisabeth "Liesl" Perkaus (later ''Richter'', May 24, 1905 – January 27, 1987) was an Austrian track and field athlete who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. In 1928 she finished sixth in the discus throw event. In 1931 Perkaus e ...

and Maria Weese). In

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

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

1934 Women's World Games The 1934 Women's World Games (french: 4è Jeux Féminins Mondiaux) were the fourth edition of the international games for women. The tournament was held between 9–11 August at the White City Stadium in London, United Kingdom.

in the 4 × 100 m relay (with Veronika Kohlbach, Johanna Vancura, Else Spennader and Gerda Gottlieb). She competed at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

in the 80 m hurdles, 4 × 100 m relay and discus throw, with the best result of 13th place in the discus throw. Two years later she finished fifth in the long jump at European championships, where she had to compete for the

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

due to their accession of Austria. Between 1931 and 1942 she won 29 Austrian titles in the 100 m (1931, 1932, 1935), 200 m (1931–1933, 1935), 4 × 100 m relay (1931, 1932, 1935–1938), 80 m hurdles (1935), long jump (1931–1933, 1935, 1936, 1940–1942), discus throw (1932, 1935–1937, 1941, 1942), and cross country (1932 and 1933).

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1906 births 1996 deaths Athletes from Vienna Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Austria Austrian female hurdlers Austrian female sprinters Austrian female discus throwers Austrian female long jumpers Austrian female long-distance runners {{Austria-athletics-bio-stub