Daphne Hasenjäger

Daphne Hasenjäger
Semi Finals of the Womens 200 metres at the Olympic Games, London, 1948
Personal information
Birth nameDaphne Robb
Full nameDaphne Lilian Evelyn Hasenjäger
Born (1929-07-02) 2 July 1929 (age 95)
Pretoria, South Africa
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  South Africa
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki 100 metres
British Empire Games
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Auckland 220 yards

Daphne Lilian Evelyn Hasenjäger (born 2 July 1929) is a South African former athlete, who was born as Daphne Robb. She competed for South Africa at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 100 metres, where she won the silver medal splitting Australians Marjorie Jackson and Shirley Strickland.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daphne Hasenjäger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
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