Erich Siebert (7 May 1910 – 1947) was a German
wrestler
Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat sport ...
who competed in 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 ...
.
He died in a prison camp following
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
.
References
External links
*
1910 births
1947 deaths
Olympic wrestlers for Germany
Wrestlers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
German male sport wrestlers
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in wrestling
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union
SS personnel
German people who died in Soviet detention
20th-century German people
{{Germany-wrestling-bio-stub
Nazis who died in prison custody