Famous People with Name Margit

Margit Elek            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

Margit Elek: was a Hungarian Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil events at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.

Margit Catharina Lindgren            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Margit Catharina Lindgren: is a Swedish figure skater. She represented Sweden at the 1984 Winter Olympics, where she placed 20th.

Margit Hvammen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Margit Hvammen: was a Norwegian alpine skier. She competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, where she placed 7th in the downhill, 18th in giant slalom, and 18th in slalom. She represented the club Geilo IL. She died on 10 May 2010.

Margit Osterloh            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Margit Osterloh: She studied Engineering at the Technical University Berlin. Later, Osterloh worked for a company as a management assistant. Since 1991 she is a professor of organisation at the University of Zurich.

Margit Schumann            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Margit Schumann: is an East German luger who competed during the 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won two medals in the women's singles event with a gold in 1976 and a bronze in 1972). Schumann also won four consecutive gold medals at the FIL World Luge Championships (1973-75, 1977). Her number of championships would not be matched until Sylke Otto (also German) won it in 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2005.