Leni Lohmar

Magdalena " Leni " Lohmar, after marriage Leni Henze (* October 19, 1914, † December 31, 2006 in Witten ) was a German swimmer who won a medal at the 1936 Olympic Games.

Leni Lohmar swam for the swim and sport enthusiasts Bonn 1905. During the Olympic Games in 1936, she joined about 100 meters freestyle and difference in the flow of. The freestyle relay with Ruth Halbsguth, Leni Lohmar, Ingeborg Schmitz and Gisela Arendt won silver behind the Netherlands team. This Leni Lohmar won an Olympic medal as the first member of the swimming friends Bonn.

Leni Lohmar married her coach Hermann Henze. After the Second World War changed Gisela Jacob Arendt to Bonn and together with Ruth Henschel and Gerda Fessler - Hoßfeldt won Leni Henze and Gisela Jacob 1949-1952 four times the German championship with the freestyle relay.

After her career Leni Henze was a swimming instructor at the SSF Bonn. After 50 years of membership in their club was in 1979 appointed honorary member of the association.

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