Waltraud Schale is a retired East German slalom canoeist who competed in the late 1950s. She won two medals at the 1957 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg with a gold in the mixed C-2 team event and a bronze in the mixed C-2 event.

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009)