Gertrud Regina Schäfer (born 26 October 1944) is a German retired

athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

who competed at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

Biography

Schäfer won the British

WAAA Championships The WAAA Championships was an annual track and field competition organised by the Women's Amateur Athletic Association (WAAA) in England. It was the foremost domestic athletics event for women during its lifetime. Since 1880, the Amateur Athl ...

title in the shot put event at the 1965 WAAA Championships. At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, she represented West Germany in the women's shot put competition.

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* 1944 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics German female shot putters Olympic athletes for West Germany Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century German sportswomen West German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-shotput-bio-stub