Hettie Dyhrenfurth | |
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Born | Harriet Pauline Heymann 16 November 1892 |
Died | 28 October 1972 California, US | (aged 79)
Nationality | German, Swiss |
Known for | Mountaineering |
Hettie Dyhrenfurth (1892–1972) was a German-Swiss mountaineer. She took part in two major expeditions to the Himalayas in 1930 and 1934.[1] Hettie and her husband Gunter Dyhrenfurth won the Olympic alpinism gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.[2]