Grete Kunz

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameMargarete "Grete"•Kunz (Frömel-)
Used nameGrete•Kunz
Other namesMargarete Friebelung (Friebelungová)
Born28 March 1909 in Horní Libina, Libina, Olomoucký kraj (CZE)
Died5 June 1991 in Wiesbaden, Hessen (GER)
NOC Czechoslovakia

Biography

Czechoslovakian-born Grete Kunz was a Sudeten German painter, graphic artist, textile designer and writer. She was born into a weaving family and first worked as a draftswoman in a textile factory. Grete was married to the teacher Franz Kunz, who was killed in action during World War II. She was also known under her pseudonym Margarete Friebelung and later lived and worked in Wiesbaden, West Germany. Kunz also wrote Heimat novels and poems about the Sudetenland.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Art Competitions TCH Grete Kunz
Painting, Graphic Arts, Open (Olympic) AC
Painting, Graphic Arts, Open (Olympic) AC
Painting, Graphic Arts, Open (Olympic) AC