Woman in White Gives Sensational Start to Olympic - A woman, dressed in white flowing robes, is escorted from the rostrum in the stadium here during the opening ceremony of the 1952 Olympic Games. The woman, Barbara Ratraut Player, a West German student, made a mad dash round the track and ran up to the rostrum, where she seized the microphone and attempted to address the Vast crowd. She got Ladies and Gentlemen in English when she was seized by Officials and hustled away. July 20, 1952.