Gertrude Pritzi

Gertrude Pritzi
Native name	Pritzi Gertrude
Full name	Gertrude Pritzi
Nationality	Austria Nazi Germany
Born	15 January 1920 Vienna, Austria
Died	21 October 1968(1968-10-21) (aged 48) Vienna, Austria
Playing style	Shakehand grip
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing  Austria World Championships 1953 Bucharest Women's Team 1951 Vienna Singles 1951 Vienna Women's Team 1949 Stockholm Singles 1947 Paris Singles 1947 Paris Doubles 1938 Wembley Singles 1938 Wembley Mixed Doubles 1938 Wembley Women's Team 1937 Baden Singles Representing  Nazi Germany World Championships 1939 Cairo Singles 1939 Cairo Doubles 1939 Cairo Mixed Doubles 1939 Cairo Women's Team

Gertrude Pritzi (15 January 1920 - 21 October 1968) was a female table tennis player from Austria. From 1937 to 1953 she won several medals in singles, doubles and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships. She also won doubles and team medals in the World Table Tennis Championships.^[1]

The champion of Women's Singles in 1937 was declared vacant due to time limit rule in force at the time. In 2001, it was decided to declare the two players (i.e., Gertrude Pritzi and Ruth Aarons) Co-Champions.^[2]

She began her table tennis career with the association Badner AC, changed 1936 finally to post office sports association Vienna and 1945 to Austria Vienna. In 1937 and 1938 she won and became generally accepted the Austrian championship thereby against the Trude Wildam prevailing at that time.

After the annexation of Austria by Germany, she participated in the World Championships of 1939 for Nazi Germany.

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