Ursula "Ulla" Knab (22 November 1929 in

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– 23 May 1989 in

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) is a German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She competed for West Germany in the

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held in

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in the 4 × 100 metres where she won the silver medal with her teammates Helga Klein, 80 metre hurdles bronze medalist Maria Sander and Marga Petersen.

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1929 births 1989 deaths West German female sprinters Olympic athletes for West Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Sprinters from Heidelberg Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic female sprinters {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub