Xaver Hörmann (21 February 1910 – 23 February 1943) was a German

sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

who competed in the late 1930s. He won a bronze medal in the folding K-1 10000 m event at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

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. Hörmann was killed in action during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

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* * * 1910 births 1943 deaths Canoeists at the 1936 Summer Olympics German Army personnel killed in World War II German male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-canoe-Olympic-medalist-stub