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Waltraud Liewald
Waltraud or Waltraut is a German feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: People named Waltraud *Waltraud Dietsch (born 1950), German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres *Waltraud Kretzschmar (1948–2018), East German handball player *Waltraud Meier (born 1956), Grammy Award-winning German dramatic soprano and mezzo-soprano singer *Waltraud Pöhlitz (born 1942), German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres *Waltraud Schale, East German slalom canoeist who competed in the late 1950s *Waltraud Strotzer (born 1952), German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres People named Waltraut *Waltraut Cooper (born 1937), Austrian artist *Waltraut Grassl, Czechoslovak luger, active in the late 1930s *Waltraut Haas (1927–2025), Austrian actress and singer *Waltraut Peck-Repa (1940–1998), Austrian foil fencer and academic artist *Waltraut Schälike (1927–2021), Soviet-Russian scientist of German origin, historian and philosopher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltraud Dietsch
Waltraud Dietsch, née Birnbaum (born 26 November 1950 in Staßfurt, East Germany) is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She won a gold medal in 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1974 European Championships in Athletics, 1974 European Championships, together with teammates Angelika Handt, Ellen Streidt and Brigitte Rohde. She had finished fifth in the same event at the 1969 European Championships in Athletics, 1969 European Championships. In the individual event she won a silver medal at the 1973 European Indoor Championships in Athletics, 1973 European Indoor Championships and a bronze at the 1974 European Indoor Championships in Athletics, 1974 European Indoor Championships. She competed for the club SC Magdeburg during her active career. References 1950 births Living people People from Staßfurt East German female sprinters European Athletics Championships medalists Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze Athletes from Bezirk Mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltraud Kretzschmar
Waltraud Kretzschmar ( Hermann then Czelake, 1 February 1948 in Kloster Lehnin – 7 February 2018) was an East German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. In the 1970s, she was considered the best and most successful handball player in the world. In 1976 she won the silver medal with the East German team. She played three matches including the final and scored eight goals. Four years later she won the bronze medal as a member of the East German. She played one match and scored one goal. Kretzschmar married her coach, Peter Kretzschmar, in 1972. They lived in Schöneiche near Berlin. She died unexpectedly on 7 February 2018 and was buried in Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ... in a family grave. Stefan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltraud Meier
Waltraud Meier (born 9 January 1956) is a German retired dramatic soprano and mezzo-soprano singer. She is particularly known for her Wagnerian roles as Kundry, Isolde, Ortrud, Venus, Fricka, and Sieglinde, but has also had success in the French and Italian repertoire appearing as Eboli, Amneris, Carmen, and Santuzza. She resides in Munich. Meier has performed in the world's famed opera houses (including La Scala, Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Colón Theater). She performed Wagner at the Mecca of Wagner performance, the Bayreuth Festspielhaus. She has performed under the batons of conductors including Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Claudio Abbado, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, and Giuseppe Sinopoli. She has been named a " Kammersängerin" by both the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and the Vienna State Opera, and "Commandeur" of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltraud Pöhlitz
Waltraud Pöhlitz, née Kaufmann (born 10 March 1942, in Brockau) is a German middle distance runner who specialised in the 800 metres. She won the silver medal at the 1962 European Championships, finished eighth at the 1966 European Championships and competed at the 800 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics without reaching the final. In domestic competitions, she represented the sports club SC Chemie Halle. She became East German champion in 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1966. and East German indoor champion in 1964, 1965 and 1967. In 1967 she also became 1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ... champion. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltraud Schale
Waltraud Schale is a retired East German slalom canoeist who competed in the late 1950s. She won two medals at the 1957 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg Augsburg ( , ; ; ) is a city in the Bavaria, Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich. It is a College town, university town and the regional seat of the Swabia (administrative region), Swabia with a well ... with a gold in the mixed C-2 team event and a bronze in the mixed C-2 event. References * East German female canoeists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{Germany-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltraud Strotzer
Waltraud Strotzer ( Pöhland, born 16 September 1952 in Wünschendorf/Elster) is a German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. As a teenager she won the silver medal at the 1968 European Junior Championships and the gold medal at the 1970 European Junior Championships. She also competed at the European Championships in 1966, 1969 and 1971 without reaching the final. In domestic competitions, she represented the sports club SC Motor Jena. She became East German indoor champion in 1970 and 1971. In 1975 she became 1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ... champion. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltraut Cooper
Waltraut Cooper (born 1937, Linz, Austria), is an Contemporary art, Austrian artist, generally described as Light Artist, primarily concerned with Art and Science, Concept Art, Digital Art. Waltraut Cooper studied mathematics and theoretical physics at the University of Vienna and the Paris-Sorbonne. After teaching at the University of California, Santa Barbara, she began a career as an artist and studied painting and graphic arts in Lisbon and Frankfurt am Main, followed by teaching at the University of Arts in Linz. She speaks German, Latin, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Russian. Works on the theme of art and science as well as large-scale light installations were presented at the Venice Biennale 1986 / Art and Science, at the Venice Bienniale 1995, at a project of the City of Venice for the 2009 Biennale, Time Space Existence / Venice Architecture Biennale 2014 and Time Space Existence / Venice Architecture Biennale 2016. Further works were crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltraut Grassl
Waltraut Grassl was a luger from Czechoslovakia who competed in the late 1930s. She won a silver medal in the women's singles event at the 1938 FIL European Luge Championships in Salzburg, Austria and one year later in Liberec Liberec (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 108,000 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse River, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preserved and is pr .... References List of European luge champions Czechoslovak female lugers German Bohemian people Year of birth missing Year of death missing Czechoslovak people of German descent {{CzechRepublic-luge-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltraut Haas
Waltraut Haas (9 June 1927 – 23 April 2025) was an Austrian actress and singer who appeared in around 70 films. She gained recognition in her first film, as Mariandl in '' Der Hofrat Geiger'' in 1947, and starred alongside Peter Alexander in 1960 in '' Im weißen Rößl''. She was regarded as one of Austria's most popular actresses for decades. From the 1970s, she focused on the stage again and remained active on stage at age 90. Life and career Born in Vienna on 9 June 1927, Haas grew up at Schloss Schönbrunn, where her mother was a restaurateur. Her father, a teacher, died when she was 5 years old. She first trained for three years at a fashion school during World War II, but after the war studied acting at the Konservatorium für darstellende Kunst (Conservatory for Performing Arts) and also privately with Julia Janssen, an actress at the Burgtheater. Haas made her stage debut in Linz in 1946 and performed in Vienna at the Bürgertheater, the Stadttheater municipal thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltraut Peck-Repa
Waltraut Repa-Peck (2 September 1940 – 14 November 1998) was an Austrian foil fencer and academic artist. She competed at the 1960 and 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the .... References External links * 1940 births 1998 deaths Austrian female foil fencers Olympic fencers for Austria Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Fencers from Vienna {{Austria-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltraut Schälike
Waltraut "Travka" Fritzevna Schälike (; January 20, 1927 – May 14, 2021) was a Soviet-Russian scientist of German origin, historian and philosopher, author and publicist. She was a scholar of Marxism, PhD, Docent. Biography Schälike was born in Berlin. Her father was Fritz Schälike. She graduated from MSU Faculty of History. She studied with Svetlana Alliluyeva. From 1949 to 1988, she worked at the Kyrgyz National University. From 1959, she worked at the Osh State University. She published in '' Kommunist, Voprosy Istorii, Izvestia ''Izvestia'' ( rus, Известия, r=Izvestiya, p=ɪzˈvʲesʲtʲɪjə, "The News") is a daily broadsheet newspaper in Russia. Founded in February 1917, ''Izvestia'', which covered foreign relations, was the organ of the Supreme Soviet of th ...''. She is the author of books (in Russian) including «Исходные основания материалистического понимания истории» («Илим», 1991). Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waltraut Seitter
Waltraut Seitter (13 January 1930 – 15 November 2007) was a German astronomer and became the first woman in Germany to hold an astronomy chair. Life and work Waltraut Carola Seitter was born in Zwickau in 1930, where her father worked as an engineer with the Horch automobile company. She went to school in Cologne, where she finished high school in 1949 (after jobs as tramway ticket collector, refugee aide and draftswoman), and entered the university to study physics, mathematics, chemistry and astronomy. She continued her studies at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts with a grant from the Fulbright Program, obtained her Master of Arts in physics in 1955, and became an astronomy instructor. From 1958 to 1962 she worked at Hoher List Observatory of Bonn University, obtained her Ph.D., and held the positions of assistant, observer and adjunct professor at Bonn University. In 1967, she was a guest professor of the American Astronomical Society at Vanderbilt University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
