Irmgard Latz (later Irmgard Gerlatzka) (born 14 March 1939) is a former female badminton player from Germany.

Career

She won the gold medal at the

1968 European Badminton Championships The 1st European Badminton Championships were held in Bochum, West Germany, between 19 and 21 April 1968, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the Deutscher Badminton-Verband e.V. Medal summary Medalists Medal table Results Men's si ...

in women's singles. Two years later, in

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, she won the silver medal in women's doubles with Marieluise Wackerow, losing the final to

Margaret Boxall Margaret Boxall (born 1945; later Margaret Allen) is an English retired badminton player. Personal life Boxall married to Eddie Allen, a South African badminton player on 9 August 1975 in her hometown Gosport, Hampshire. Career Boxall won th ...

and

Susan Whetnall Susan Whetnall (born 11 December 1942 in Swanley, née Susan Pound) is a former English badminton player, noted for her anticipation and shot-making ability, who won numerous international titles in doubles and mixed doubles from the mid-1960s ...

. She won her first German national title in 1960 in women's doubles, with Ute Melcher.

References

Sources

*Martin Knupp: ''Deutscher Badminton Almanach'', Deutscher Badminton-Verband (2003), 230 pages German female badminton players 1939 births Living people Sportspeople from Guben 20th-century German sportswomen {{Germany-badminton-bio-stub