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Herma Bauma

1915 - 2003

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Hermine "Herma" Bauma (23 January 1915 – 9 February 2003) was an Austrian athlete who competed mainly in the javelin. She also was famous for playing handball. Bauma competed for Austria at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the javelin where she won the gold medal. Bauma was born in Vienna, then part of Austria-Hungary, on 23 January 1915. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Herma Bauma is the 225th most popular athlete (down from 142nd in 2019), the 614th most popular biography from Austria (down from 593rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Herma Bauma ranks 225 out of 6,025Before her are Nadezhda Chizhova, Bob King, Bill Holland, Aleksander Klumberg, Ralph Boston, and Lina Radke. After her are Haile Gebrselassie, David Hall, Dallas Long, Janusz Kusociński, Sebastian Coe, and Lauri Virtanen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Herma Bauma ranks 116Before her are Sergio Bertoni, Caterina Boratto, Hanns Martin Schleyer, Artur London, David Stirling, and Jo Van Fleet. After her are Richard Hamming, Paul Castellano, Tim, Henner Henkel, Eddie Bracken, and Alberto Burri. Among people deceased in 2003, Herma Bauma ranks 138Before her are Goffredo Petrassi, Gordon Mitchell, Kató Lomb, Ramón Serrano Suñer, Karl Kling, and Leopoldo Trieste. After her are Alejandro de Tomaso, Robert Stack, Khieu Ponnary, Robert Brown, Guido Crepax, and Kerim Kerimov.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Herma Bauma ranks 614 out of 1,424Before her are Paula von Preradović (1887), Sigismund von Neukomm (1778), Otto Herschmann (1877), Marianna Martines (1744), Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck (1769), and Josef Klaus (1910). After her are Archduchess Margaret of Austria (1567), Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria (1868), Hanns Hörbiger (1867), Karl Michael Ziehrer (1843), Felix Mottl (1856), and Ottokar III of Styria (1129).

Among ATHLETES In Austria

Among athletes born in Austria, Herma Bauma ranks 3Before her are Felix Baumgartner (1969), and Otto Herschmann (1877). After her are Adolf Kainz (1903), Alfons Dorfner (1911), Eva Janko (1945), Klaus Dibiasi (1947), Hans Haas (1906), Josef Feistmantl (1939), Rupert Hollaus (1931), Fiorenzo Marini (1914), and Siegfried Purner (1915).