Artefacts

Los Angeles 1984, number 129 worn by Ulrike MEYFARTH (FRG), high jump olympic champion.

Physical description

At the top, there is the Games' emblem and "LA 84". Underneath, number 129 with the signature, then "Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad" and "Meyfarth".

Used

Used: Ulrike MEYFARTH

Materials

paper

Colors

multi coloured, white

Dimension

23 x 24.8 cm

Literature

Conner, Floyd. Les jeux olympiques : 600 victoires incroyables, records insolites, hasards étranges, destins inimaginables, coups tordus, sports improbables, loosers magnifiques et autres bizarreries.... Le Rheu : La Maison d'Edition, 2010. 217. ISBN 978–236–026–0027.

Type of item

Sport equipment -> bib number

Reference number

426

Keywords

Olympic champion Los Angeles 1984, Olympic Games Federal Republic of Germany Athletics/high jump[W]signed emblem

Notes

Bib signed by the three downhill medallists, Kerrin LEE-GARTNER (CAN), Hilary LINDH (USA) and Veronika WALLINGER (AUT), Albertville 1992. In 1992, at the Albertville Games, the result of the women’s downhill race was the surprise victory of the Canadian, Kerrin Lee-Gartner, ahead of American Hilary Lindh and Austria's Veronika Wallinger: none of these three skiers had won a World Cup race. The Olympic Museum Collections