Georg Gerstäcker (3 June 1889 – 21 December 1949) was a

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who competed in the

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. He won the silver medal in the featherweight event.

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* * * 1889 births 1949 deaths Wrestlers at the 1912 Summer Olympics German male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Nuremberg 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-Olympic-medalist-stub