Elisabeth "Liesl" Perkaus (later ''Richter'', May 24, 1905 – January 27, 1987) was an

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

n track and field athlete who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

. In 1928 she finished sixth in the discus throw event. In

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

Perkaus earned a bronze medal''1934 Women's World Games''
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Olympics of Grace The Olympics of Grace () was an early international multi-sport event for womenSwedish relay (with Herma Schurinek, Veronika Kohlbach, Liesl Perkaus and Maria Weese).

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1905 births 1987 deaths Austrian female discus throwers Olympic athletes for Austria Athletes (track and field) at the 1928 Summer Olympics Women's World Games medalists {{Austria-athletics-bio-stub