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Otto Schröder (general)
Germany was the host nation and top medal recipient for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. 433 competitors, 389 men and 44 women, took part in 143 events in 22 sports. Medalists Gold * Hans Woellke — Athletics, Men's Shot Put * Karl Hein — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw * Gerhard Stöck — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw * Gisela Mauermayer — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw * Tilly Fleischer — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw * Willi Kaiser — Boxing, Men's Flyweight * Herbert Runge — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight * Ernst Krebs — Canoeing, Men's K1 10,000m Kayak Singles * Ludwig Landen and Paul Wevers — Canoeing, Men's K2 10,000m Kayak Pairs * Toni Merkens — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch) * Ernst Ihbe and Carl Lorenz — Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem * Ludwig Stubbendorf — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual * Rolf Lippert, Ludwig Stubbendorf, and Konrad Freiherr von Wangenheim — Eques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Olympic Sports Confederation
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (german: Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund or DOSB) was founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the ''Deutscher Sportbund'' (DSB), and the ''Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland'' (NOK) which dates back to 1895, the year it was founded and recognized as NOC by the IOC. Seated in Frankfurt am Main, it represents 89,000 clubs and 27,000,000 members, about a third of the population of Germany. Presidential Board DOSB-President is Alfons Hörmann. Also members of the presidential board are: *Stephan Abel (Vice President, economy and finances) * Ole Bischof (Vice President, competitive sports) *Walter Schneeloch (Vice President, popular sports and development of sports) *Gudrun Doll-Tepper (Vice President, education and olympic breeding) *Petra Tzschoppe (Vice President, women and equality) *Ingo-Rolf Weiss (chairman of Deutsche Sportjugend) *Christian Schreiber (representative of the athletes) *Claudia Bokel (German IOC Member) *Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Merkens
Nikolaus Anton "Toni" Merkens (21 June 1912 – 20 June 1944) was a racing cyclist from Germany and Olympic champion. He represented his native country at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where he won the gold medal in the men's 1000 meter match sprint event. Racing career Merkens trained as a bicycle mechanic with Fritz Köthke. In 1933 he won his first German championship in sprint. In 1934, he was able to repeat this success and also won the British Open Championships and the Grand Prix de Paris. At the World Championships he finished fourth. In 1935 he again won the championships in Germany and the UK and the Paris Grand Prix. At the World Championships in Brussels, he also won the title in the final against Dutch cyclist Arie van Vliet 2-1. During the first race of the 1936 Olympic final, Merkens clearly interfered with Arie van Vliet, but no foul was called by the officials. Van Vliet also lost the second race of the final and received the silver medal. Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konrad Frey —m ...
Konrad Frey (24 April 1909 in Bad Kreuznach – 24 May 1974 ib.) was a German gymnast best known to be the most successful German male competitor at a single Olympics. With 3 Gold and 6 medals in total at the 1936 Summer Olympics, he had beaten team-mate Alfred Schwarzmann by one Silver for the honours of becoming the most successful competitor in term of total medals won, and the most successful competitor of host nation Germany. American Jesse Owens scored four medals, but all of them Gold. In 1932, 1935 and 1937, Konrad Frey became German Champion in Men's individual all-round. After World War II, he worked again as teacher. See also *List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games *Kristin Otto Kristin Otto (; born 7 February 1966) is a German Olympic swimming champion. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals at a single Olympic Games, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Schwarzmann
Alfred Schwarzmann (22 March 1912 – 11 March 2000) was a German Olympic gymnast. He won three gold and two bronze medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and another silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. During World War II, Schwarzmann served in the Wehrmacht and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Career Alfred Schwarzmann joined the 13th Company of the Nuremberg Infantry Regiment on 1 April 1935 after signing up for a twelve-year period of service. He was promoted to Unteroffizier on 1 May 1935 and was a member of the Gymnastics team preparing for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where he won three gold and two bronze medals. On 10 May 1940 Schwarzmann and his company parachuted into the Netherlands and took a key bridge at Moerdijk. In the first hour of the fighting Schwarzmann was badly wounded when a bullet pierced a lung. He was treated for his wounds in Dordrecht after the Dutch capitulation. Aged 40, Schwarzmann competed at the 1952 Sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Von Oppeln-Bronikowski
__NOTOC__ Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (2 January 1899 – 19 September 1966) was an Olympic equestrian, winning a gold medal in the team dressage at the 1936 Olympics. He later served as a panzer general during World War II. As a lieutenant during World War I, he was awarded the Iron Cross in 1918. During World War II, he served with distinction in Poland in 1939 and then on the Russian Front, commanding several tanks that were knocked out and personally leading several ''ad hoc'' attacks. Von Oppeln led the desperate attack of the 22nd Panzer Division on the 19th of November 1943 in an attempt to forestall the encirclement of German forces in Stalingrad. He was considered an excellent panzer commander, but had problems with higher authority as he was an excessive drinker. In one particular instance, as an ''Oberst'' commanding the 100th Panzer Division at Falaise, France; he was visited at 8:15 in the morning on 11 May 1944 by Rommel, who was satisfied with the forces' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Gerhard
Friedrich Wilhelm Gerhard (24 July 1884 in Trakehnen – 16 May 1950) was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won two Olympic medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ... in Berlin. References 1884 births 1950 deaths People from Nesterovsky District People from East Prussia German dressage riders Olympic equestrians for Germany German male equestrians Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Equestrians at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Pollay
Heinz Pollay (4 February 1908 in Köslin, Pomerania – 14 May 1979) was a German (later West German) horse rider who competed in dressage from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two golds (Dressage individual and Dressage team: both 1936) and one bronze (Dressage team: 1952). Pollay took the Judge's Oath at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ..., the first for an official in the Summer Olympics to do so. References External linksDatabaseOlympics.com profile *Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Equestrian: Dress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marten Von Barnekow
Marten von Barnekow (18 March 1900 in Bromberg – 29 January 1967 in Rehau) was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in show jumping with the German team at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ... in Berlin. References 1900 births 1967 deaths Sportspeople from Bydgoszcz German male equestrians Olympic equestrians for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Equestrians at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Brandt
Heinz Brandt (11 March 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German officer. During World War II he served as an aide to General Adolf Heusinger, the head of the operations unit of the General Staff. He may have inadvertently saved Adolf Hitler's life, at the cost of his own, by moving the bomb planted by Claus von Stauffenberg during the 20 July plot. Early life Brandt was born in Charlottenburg (now Berlin). He joined the Reichswehr in 1925. Brandt attended a course at the cavalry school in Hanover from 1927 to 1928 and was commissioned a lieutenant. In 1936 he was a member of the gold medal winning German show jumping team in the Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics, equestrian event at the 1936 Summer Olympics, Berlin Summer Olympics, on his horse Alchemy. Second World War At the outbreak of the Second World War he was a captain (army), Hauptmann on the general staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. After serving in an infantry division he was promoted to Major in January 1941 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Hasse
Kurt Hasse (7 February 1907 – 9 January 1944 on the Eastern Front of World War II in the Soviet Union) was a German show jumping champion, and 1936 Olympic champion. He was killed in action during World War II. Olympic Record Hasse participated at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ..., where he won a gold medal in Individual Jumping, and also a team gold medal with the horse Tora."1935 Summer Olympics – Berlin, Germany – Equestrian" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 28 October 2008) Reference ...
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Konrad Freiherr Von Wangenheim
Konrad Freiherr von Wangenheim (20 August 1909 in Hanover – 28 January 1953) was a German army Cavalry officer, a horse rider who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, securing a gold medal for the German Equestrianism, equestrian team whilst suffering from a broken Clavicle, collarbone. Biography In 1936 he and his horse ''Kurfürst'' won the gold medal as part of the German eventing team in the team eventing competition after finishing 24th in the Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics, individual eventing competition. Wangenheim became a Captain (OF-2), Captain (''Rittmeister'') with Cavalry Regiment No. 8 (''Reiter-Regiment 8'', later renamed ''Kavallerie-Regiment 8'') garrisoned at Brzeg, Breig in Silesia. In July 1944, while serving as a German Army (Wehrmacht), German Army officer on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front during the Second World War, he was captured by the Red Army. After being held as a prisoner of war for several years, while awai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Lippert
__NOTOC__ Rudolf Lippert (29 October 1900 – 1 April 1945) was a German horse rider who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. In 1936 he and his horse ''Fasan'' won the gold medal as part of the German eventing team in the team eventing competition after finishing sixth in the individual eventing competition. Awards * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 June 1944 as ''Oberst ''Oberst'' () is a senior field officer rank in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, equivalent to colonel. It is currently used by both the ground and air forces of Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, and Norway. The Swedish ...'' and commander of Panzer-Regiment 31Scherzer 2007, p. 510. References Citations Bibliography * External linksRolf Lippert- Profile on DatabaseOlympic.com 1900 births 1945 deaths Sportspeople from Leipzig German event riders Olympic equest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
