Irmgard Praetz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German athletics competitor
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Place of Birth: Salzwedel, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
About Irmgard Praetz
- Irmgard Praetz (9 August 1920 – 7 November 2008) was a German track and field athlete who competed mainly in the long jump.
- She was the gold medallist in that event at the 1938 European Athletics Championships.
- She achieved her career best mark of 5.88 m (19 ft 3 1/4 in) at the competition, which ranked her third globally for the year.Praetz was born in Salzwedel and died in Garching bei München.
- She was the 1938 long jump champion at the German Athletics Championships and was runner-up in the discipline in 1940.
- After World War II she won a national title in the women's pentathlon.
- She later married and took the name Römer.
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