Tilly Fleischer

Tilly Fleischer

Fleischer after winning the javelin event at the 1936 Games
Personal information
Full name	Ottilie Fleischer
Nationality	German
Born	(1911-10-02)2 October 1911 Frankfurt, Germany
Died	14 July 2005(2005-07-14) (aged 93) Lahr, Germany
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Field athletics and handball
Event(s)	Shot, discus and javelin
Club	Eintracht Frankfurt (handball)
Medal record Representing Germany Olympic Games 1936 Berlin Javelin throw Representing Germany 1932 Los Angeles Javelin throw Women's World Games 1930 Prague Discus 1934 London Shot put

Ottilie "Tilly" Fleischer (2 October 1911 – 14 July 2005) was a German athlete who competed in a variety of track and field athletic events. She competed for Germany in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles in three different events, taking the bronze medal in the javelin. Four years later in her home country at the 1936 Games she won the gold medal in the javelin in front of the Berlin crowds.

The reaction of Olympic officials to the congratulations given to her by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler was put forward as the reason why Hitler never congratulated American athlete Jesse Owens after his first gold medal victory. Rumours appeared in 1966 as to who was the father of one of her daughters, after her daughter Giselle claimed in a book to be the daughter of Adolf Hitler.