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Erwin Blask (March 20, 1910 – February 6, 1999) was a German athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw event. He won the silver medal for Germany 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 ...
held in
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. He was born in Friedrichsheyde,
East Prussia East Prussia ; german: Ostpreißen, label=Low Prussian; pl, Prusy Wschodnie; lt, Rytų Prūsija was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 187 ...
(today Gajrowskie, Poland) and died in
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1910 births 1999 deaths People from Giżycko County Sportspeople from Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship German male hammer throwers Olympic silver medalists for Germany People from East Prussia Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Germany European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub