Lilli Henoch

Lilli Henoch
	Memorial plaque at Askanischer Platz 6, in Kreuzberg
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	26 October 1899; Königsberg, East Prussia, German Empire
Died	8 September 1942; Riga Ghetto, Reichskommissariat Ostland
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Discus, long jump, shot put, 4 × 100 meters relay
Club	Berlin Sports Club;; Bar Kochba Berlin
Achievements and titles
National finals	German national shot put champion (1922–25); German national discus champion (1923 & 1924); German national long jump champion (1924); German national 4 × 100 meters relay champion (1924–26);
Highest world ranking	Discus world records (24.90 meters, 1922; 26.62 meters, 1923); Shot put world record (11.57 meters, 1925); 4 × 100-meters relay record (50.4 seconds, 1926);

Lilli Henoch (26 October 1899 – 8 September 1942) was a German track and field athlete who set four world records and won 10 German national championships, in four different disciplines.

Henoch set world records in the discus (twice), the shot put, and the 4 × 100 meters relay events. She also won German national championships in the shot put four times, the 4 × 100 meters relay three times, the discus twice, and the long jump. She was Jewish, and during the Holocaust she and her mother were deported and shot by the Nazis in the Riga Ghetto in September 1943.