Gerhard Egger (13 October 1908 – 28 April 1945) was an Austrian
equestrian
The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse".
Horseback riding (or Riding in British English)
Examples of this are:
* Equestrian sports
*Equestrian order, one of the upper classes i ...
. He competed in
two events at the
1936 Summer Olympics.
He was killed in action during
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 opposing ...
.
References
1908 births
1945 deaths
Austrian male equestrians
Olympic equestrians for Austria
Equestrians at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing
German Army officers of World War II
German Army personnel killed in World War II
Austrian military personnel killed in World War II
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