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Wilhelm Brülle
Germany competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 185 competitors, 180 men and 5 women, took part in 69 events in 14 sports. Due to the political fallout from World War I, this was that country's last appearance until 1928. Medalists Gold * Paul Günther — Diving, Men's 3m Springboard * Albert Arnheiter, Hermann Wilker, Otto Fickeisen, Rudolf Fickeisen and Karl Leister — Rowing, Men's coxed fours * Walter Bathe — Swimming, Men's 200m breaststroke * Walter Bathe — Swimming, Men's 400m breaststroke * Dorothea Köring and Heinrich Schomburgk — Tennis, Mixed doubles outdoor Silver * Hanns Braun — Athletics, Men's 400m * Hans Liesche — Athletics, Men's high jump * Albert Zürner — Diving, Men's 10m Platform * Hans Luber — Diving, Men's 3m Springboard * Friedrich von Rochow — Equestrian, Individual eventing * Friedrich von Rochow, Richard Graf von Schaesberg-Tannheim, Eduard von Lütcken and Carl vo ... [...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] |
Rowing At The 1912 Summer Olympics
Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics featured four events, for men only. All races were held in Djurgårdsbrunnsviken from Thursday to Saturday, 17 to 19 July. Medal summary Bronze medals Bronze medals were not awarded to the losing semi finalists in any of the events, they were instead given diplomas of merit. Although the IOC database currently includes bronze medallists for every event, it is not certain if this an oversight on their behalf or if a retrospective change has been made. Amateur definitions The definition for the rowing competitions was: An amateur is one: * who has never received payment as a trainer; * who has never competed for money prizes; * who has never competed or given a display for payment; * who has never competed, or given a display, against a professional; * who has never drawn any pecuniary gain from athletic exercises by selling, exchanging, pawning, or hiring out any prize won in a competition. An amateur shall be allowed, when taking par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Graf Von Schaesberg-Tannheim
Richard Ferdinand Maximilian Ignatius Joseph Valentin Hubertus Maria Graf von Schaesberg-Tannheim (January 7, 1884 in Tannheim, Biberach, Tannheim – September 20, 1953 in Surenburg, Hörstel) was a German Graf and Equestrianism, horse rider who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the German team, which was able to win the silver medal in the equestrian Equestrian at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Team eventing, team event. References External linksprofile 1884 births 1953 deaths German royalty Equestrians at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Germany German male equestrians Olympic silver medalists for Germany German event riders Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equestrian At The 1912 Summer Olympics
The equestrian program at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, included five medal events. There were individual competitions in dressage, eventing, and show jumping. Team scores were also gathered and medals awarded for teams in the eventing and jumping competitions. Equestrian had been absent from the Olympic program since the 1900 Summer Olympics, making the 1912 Games the second time the sport was featured. Ten nations competed: Belgium, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the USA. Only Sweden and Germany were able to supply a full team for all three disciplines, with several countries (Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Norway and the USA) having several riders and horses used in two or even all three disciplines. A total of 88 entries ran in the three events, with 62 riders and 70 horses. Disciplines Show jumping A total of 40 riders from 8 nations contested the jumping event, which consisted of a 15-obstacle, 29-effort cour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Von Rochow
Friedrich Leopold Harry von Rochow (12 August 1881 – 17 August 1945) was a German horse rider who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be .... He was part of the German team, which won the silver medal in the equestrian team event, also he won the silver medal in the individual event. References External linksprofile 1881 births 1945 deaths German event riders Olympic equestrians for Germany German male equestrians Equestrians at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics German Army personnel of World War I German prisoners of war in World War I World War I prisoners of war held by Russia {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Luber
Hans Luber (15 October 1893 – 15 October 1940) was a German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ... diver who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He won the silver medal in the 3 metre springboard event. In the plain high diving as well as in the 10 metre platform competition he was eliminated in the first round. References External links * 1893 births 1940 deaths German male divers Divers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic divers of Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in diving Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics 20th-century German people {{Germany-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Zürner
Albert Zürner (January 30, 1890 – July 18, 1920) was a German diver who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated in Athens, Greece. They were at the time considered to be Olympic Games and were referred to as the "Second International Olympic Games i ..., in the 1908 Summer Olympics, and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Career At the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Zürner was the youngest member of the German team aged just 16 years and 87 days old, he competed in the Diving at the 1906 Summer Olympics, platform diving event and finished fourth overall after nine dives from three different heights. Two years later, Zürner was competing in the Diving at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard, 3 metre springboard event at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, after winning his heat and finishing second in his semi-final, he was in the final against two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Liesche
Hans Liesche (October 11, 1891 – March 30, 1979) was a German athlete, who competed mainly in the high jump. He was born in Hamburg and died in Berlin. Liesche competed for Germany in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the high jump, where he won the silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc .... References External links profile 1891 births 1979 deaths German male high jumpers Olympic silver medalists for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1912 Summer Olympics
These are the results of athletics competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. 30 events were contested, all for men only. The athletics programme grew by 4 events since the 1908 Summer Olympics. The 5000 and 10000 metre races were introduced, as the 5 mile event was eliminated. The 400 metre hurdle event made a brief disappearance, making the 1912 Olympics the only time that event was not held since its introduction in 1900. The 4x100 and 4x400 relays replaced the medley relay while the team race was shortened from 3 miles to 3000 metres. The decathlon, which had been held in 1904 but not in 1908, returned to the programme. Steeplechasing was eliminated, while racewalking was cut from 2 events to 1 with the 10 kilometre replacing the 10 mile and the 3500 metre eliminated. The pentathlon was introduced (as well as the separate sport modern pentathlon). The 1908 experiments of the Greek-style discus and the restricted javelin were replaced with two-handed throwing, for the shot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanns Braun
Hanns Braun (26 October 1886 – 9 October 1918) was a German athlete. Biography He was born in ''Wernfels'' (today Spalt) and died near Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France as fighter-pilot in an airplane-crash in World War I. He won the bronze medal in the men's 800 metres race at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London with a time of 1:55.2, which was .8 seconds faster than the previous Olympic record but 3 seconds slower than the time of Mel Sheppard, the winner of the race. His semifinal time had been 1:58.0. Braun was also a member of the silver medal German medley relay team. He ran the final 800 metres of the 1600 metre race, following Arthur Hoffmann, Hans Eicke, and Otto Trieloff. The team had an easy time defeating the Dutch squad in the first round, finishing in a time of 3:43.2. The final was a more difficult race, however, and the Germans never had a chance of catching the Americans. The first three runners found themselves in third place, and Braun began his leg five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis At The 1912 Summer Olympics
At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden eight tennis events were contested divided over two tournaments; an indoor covered courts tournament, played on wood, held from May 5 until May 12 and an outdoor hard court tournament, played on clay, held from June 28 until July 5. Tennis on covered courts was agreed initially for the 1912 Games, with competitions run for gentlemen's singles and doubles, ladies' singles and mixed doubles. Official Report (1913): p. 616. The outdoor tournament was confirmed once the Östermalm Athletic Grounds were completed in late 1911, with the plans modified to have both indoor and outdoor tournaments. Official Report (1913): p. 617. Six countries sent players for the covered court competitions, with representatives from Sweden, Great Britain, Denmark, France, Australasia and Bohemia appearing. Included in this lineup was Australasia's only competitor, the New Zealander Anthony Wilding, who was also the reigning Wimbledon gentlemen's cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Schomburgk
Heinrich Georg Schomburgk (; 23 June 1885 – 26 March 1965) was a male tennis player and footballer from Germany. At the Stockholm Olympics in 1912 he won a gold medal in the mixed doubles event with Dorothea Köring. He participated in the 1906 Wimbledon Championships, reaching the second round, where he was beaten by Frank Riseley, who later on was to challenge the defending champion Laurence Doherty Hugh Laurence "Laurie" Doherty (8 October 1875 – 21 August 1919) was a British tennis player and the younger brother of tennis player Reginald Doherty. He was a six-time Grand Slam champion and a double Olympic Gold medalist at the 1900 Sum ... References 1885 births 1965 deaths Sportspeople from Leipzig German male tennis players Olympic tennis players for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in tennis Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
