Conrad Helmut Fritz Böcker (24 August 1870 in

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– 8 April 1936 in

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) was a German gymnast. He competed at the

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. Böcker had little success in individual events. He competed in the parallel bars, horizontal bar, vault, pommel horse, and rings events. In none of them was he among the medallists. He did, however, win two

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s as part of the German team in the two team events, on parallel bars and the horizontal bar.

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** 1870 births 1936 deaths German male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1896 Summer Olympics 19th-century sportsmen Olympic gymnasts for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1896 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Leipzig {{Germany-Olympic-medalist-stub