Olga Jensch-Jordan

Olga Jensch Jordan (nee Jordan; born March 13, 1913 in Nuremberg, † February 22, 2000 in Berlin) was a German art jumper and trainer.

It was regarded in the 1930s as one of the finest representative of her sport in Europe. 1931 and 1934 she became European champion in springboard diving from the 3 -meter board. In 1932 she took part in the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles and was fourth in springboard diving. At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, she was fifth in the same discipline.

In the Summer Olympics 1932 in Los Angeles, she met Arthur Jensch, the Secretary of the German Olympic Committee and Vice - Chief de Mission, know. The two married shortly after the games. The marriage produced three daughters were born. Her youngest daughter Heidi in 1957 GDR champion in springboard diving. Arthur Jensch was drafted in January 1945 in the Volkssturm battalion 3/107 and fell a short time later.

Since Arthur Jensch SS - Obersturmbannführer had been out of the command staff of the Reich Sports leadership, Olga Jensch Jordan had after the war, hardly a way to continue their sports career. Instead she was active as a coach in the GDR. Last greater success as an athlete, it achieved in 1948 and 1949 when it was East German champion in springboard diving. In 1948 she was co-founder of the German Sports Committee and in 1951 co-founded the NOC of the GDR, where she was employed until 1961. Your protégés participated in a total of 21 state championships. Her son Hans -Dieter Pophal, the husband of her youngest daughter Heidi, she also coached in 1964 reached a fourth place at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Last time was Jensch Jordan trainer at Berliner TSC, whose founding members counted them and where they trained, among others, Marina Janicke.