Herma Bauma
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Gold | 1948 London | Javelin throw | |
Hermine ("Herma") Bauma (born January 23, 1915 in Vienna – died February 9, 2003 in Vienna) 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.
| Olympic champions in women's javelin throw |
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| 1932: Babe Didrikson | 1936: Tilly Fleischer | 1948: Herma Bauma | 1952: Dana Zátopková | 1956: Inese Jaunzeme | 1960: Elvīra Ozoliņa | 1964: Mihaela Peneş | 1968: Angéla Németh | 1972: Ruth Fuchs | 1976: Ruth Fuchs | 1980: María Colón | 1984: Tessa Sanderson | 1988: Petra Felke | 1992: Silke Renk | 1996: Heli Rantanen | 2000: Trine Hattestad | 2004: Osleidys Menéndez |
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