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- Birth nameMargarethe Bergmann
- Margaret Lambert was born on April 12, 1914 in Laupheim, Kingdom of Württemberg [now Baden-Württemberg], Germany. She was married to Bruno Lambert. She died on July 24, 2017 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseBruno Lambert(1938 - 2013) (his death, 2 children)
- Field athlete; specialized in high jump and shot put.
- Inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.
- Because of her Judaism beliefs the Nazis put a stop to her taking part in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, in which she left Germany and vowed never to return.
- The Olympic Park in Berlin, Germany, in August 2014, changed a street name to ""Gretel-Bergmann-Weg" in her honour.
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