Walter Meyer (14 September 1904 – 5 December 1949) was a German

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...

who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. In 1932 he won the gold medal as member of the German boat in the coxed four competition. He died in the NKVD special camp Nr. 7 after

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 ...

. Meyer had been interned due to his membership in the

Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported t ...

since 1933.

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Walter Meyer's profile at databaseOlympics
1904 births 1949 deaths Olympic rowers for Germany Rowers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in rowing German male rowers Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics People who died in NKVD special camp Nr. 7 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Germany {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub Nazi Party members Nazis who died in prison custody