Hermine "Herma" Bauma (23 January 1915 – 9 February 2003) was an

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n athlete who competed mainly in the javelin. She also was famous for playing

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. Bauma competed for Austria at the

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held in

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in the javelin where she won the gold medal. Bauma was born in

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, then part of Austria-Hungary, on 23 January 1915. She died in Vienna on 9 February 2003, at the age of 88.

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* * 1915 births 2003 deaths Austrian female javelin throwers Olympic gold medalists for Austria Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes from Vienna Olympic athletes for Austria European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Women's World Games medalists 20th-century Austrian sportswomen {{Austria-Olympic-medalist-stub