Maria Sander (30 October 1924 in

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– 12 January 1999 in

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) was a German athlete who was born as Maria Domagala. She mainly competed in the 100 metres. She competed for West Germany in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in

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in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the silver medal with her team mates Ursula Knab, Helga Klein and Marga Petersen. In the same meeting she also ran in the 80 metre hurdles, winning the bronze medal.

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1924 births 1999 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the United Team of Germany Olympic athletes of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) West German female sprinters Olympic female sprinters {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub