Joseph Heinrich von Schomacker (russian: Иосиф Андреевич Шомакер, Iosif Andreyevich Shomaker; born 31 May 1859 in Dünamünde/Daugavgrīva near

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, Russian Empire – 17 July 1931 in Kötzschenbroda, German Empire) was a Baltic German physician, sailor and Olympic medalist. Schomacker at the

1912 Olympic Games Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 ''Ab urbe condit ...

with the Russian Empire team ''Gallia II'' won a bronze medal in sailing in the

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class. The owner of the yacht was Aleksandr Vyshnegradsky, the father of the Russian composer Ivan Vyshnegradsky.«Галлия II» собирает баллы
at ''spbvedomosti.ru'' (Russian)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schomacker, Joseph 1859 births 1931 deaths Male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1912 Summer Olympics – 10 Metre Olympic bronze medalists for the Russian Empire Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic sailors for the Russian Empire Immigrants to Germany