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Otto Schröder (fencer)
Nazi Germany, Germany was the host nation and top medal recipient at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. 433 competitors, 389 men and 44 women, took part in 143 events in 22 sports. The total of 33 gold and 89 total medals still stands as a record medal tally for unified Germany. Medalists Gold * Hans Woellke — Athletics, Men's Shot Put * Karl Hein (athlete), Karl Hein — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw * Gerhard Stöck — Athletics, Men's Javelin Throw * Gisela Mauermayer — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw * Tilly Fleischer — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw * Willi Kaiser — Boxing, Men's Flyweight * Herbert Runge — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight * Ernst Krebs (canoeist), Ernst Krebs — Canoeing, Men's K1 10,000m Kayak Singles * Ludwig Landen and Paul Wevers — Canoeing, Men's K2 10,000m Kayak Pairs * Toni Merkens — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch) * Ernst Ihbe and Carl Lorenz — Cycling, Men's 2000m Tandem * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Olympic Sports Confederation
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (, DOSB) was founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the ''Deutscher Sportbund'' (DSB), and the ''Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland'' (NOK) which dates back to 1895, the year it was founded and recognized as National Olympic Committee, NOC by the IOC. Seated in Frankfurt am Main, it represents 89,000 clubs and 27,000,000 members, about a third of the Demography of Germany, population of Germany. Presidential Board DOSB-President is Thomas Weikert. Also members of the presidential board are: *Thomas Arnold (Vice President) *Verena Bentele (Vice President) *Kerstin Holze (Vice President) *Jens-Peter Nettekoven (Vice President) *Oliver Stegemann (Vice President) *Miriam Welte (Vice President) *Stefan Raid (chairman of Deutsche Sportjugend) *Fabienne Königstein (representative of the athletes) *Britta Heidemann (German IOC Member) *Thomas Bach (IOC President, membership currently suspended) Executive Board *Torsten Burmes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Ihbe
Ernst Ihbe (20 December 1913 – 30 August 1992) was a German cyclist. He won the gold medal in Men's tandem 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 .... References 1913 births 1992 deaths German male cyclists Olympic gold medalists for Germany Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Germany Olympic gold medalists in cycling People from Altötting (district) Cyclists from Upper Bavaria Cyclists from Bavaria Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics German track cyclists 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Beckert
Franz Ernst Beckert (13 March 1907 – 7 September 1973) was a German gymnast who competed in 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 .... References Sports links * 1907 births 1973 deaths German male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Germany Gymnasts at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century German sportsmen People from Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald Gymnasts from Freiburg (region) People from the Republic of Baden {{Germany-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konrad Frey
Konrad Frey (24 April 1909 in Bad Kreuznach – 24 May 1974 ib.) was a German gymnast best known to be the most successful German male competitor at a single Olympics. With 3 Gold and 6 medals in total at the 1936 Summer Olympics, he had beaten team-mate Alfred Schwarzmann by one Silver for the honours of becoming the most successful competitor in term of total medals won, and the most successful competitor of host nation Germany. American Jesse Owens scored four medals, but all of them Gold. In 1932, 1935 and 1937, Konrad Frey became German Champion in Men's individual all-round. After World War II, he worked again as teacher. See also * List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games * Kristin Otto Kristin Otto (; born 7 February 1966) is a former German swimmer, becoming Olympic, World and European champion, multiple times. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals at a single Olympic Games, doing so at the 1988 ... — most successful G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Schwarzmann
Alfred Schwarzmann (22 March 1912 – 11 March 2000) was a German Olympic gymnast. He won three gold and two bronze medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and another silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. During World War II, Schwarzmann served in the Wehrmacht and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Career Alfred Schwarzmann joined the 13th Company of the Nuremberg Infantry Regiment on 1 April 1935 after signing up for a twelve-year period of service. He was promoted to Unteroffizier on 1 May 1935 and was a member of the Gymnastics team preparing for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where he won three gold and two bronze medals. On 10 May 1940 Schwarzmann and his company parachuted into the Netherlands and took a key bridge at Moerdijk. In the first hour of the fighting Schwarzmann was badly wounded when a bullet pierced a lung. He was treated for his wounds in Dordrecht after the Dutch capitulation. Aged 40, Schwarzmann competed at the 1952 Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Von Oppeln-Bronikowski
__NOTOC__ Hermann Leopold August von Oppeln-Bronikowski (2 January 1899 – 19 September 1966) was an Olympic equestrian, winning a gold medal in the team dressage at the 1936 Olympics. He later served as a panzer general during World War II. As a lieutenant during World War I, he was awarded the Iron Cross in 1918. During World War II, he served with distinction in Poland in 1939 and then on the Russian Front, commanding several tanks that were knocked out and personally leading several ''ad hoc'' attacks. Oppeln-Bronikowski led the desperate attack of the 22nd Panzer Division on the 19th of November 1943 in an attempt to forestall the encirclement of German forces in Stalingrad. He was considered an excellent panzer commander, but had problems with higher authority as he was an excessive drinker. In one particular instance, as an ''Oberst'' commanding the 100th Panzer Division at Falaise, France; he was visited at 8:15 in the morning on 11 May 1944 by Rommel, who was sati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Gerhard
Friedrich Wilhelm Gerhard (24 July 1884 in Trakehnen – 16 May 1950) was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won two Olympic medals 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 ... in Berlin. References 1884 births 1950 deaths People from Nesterovsky District Sportspeople from East Prussia German dressage riders Olympic equestrians for Germany German male equestrians Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Equestrians at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Pollay
Heinz Pollay (4 February 1908 in Köslin, Pomerania – 14 May 1979) was a German (later West German) horse rider who competed in dressage from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two golds (Dressage individual and Dressage team: both 1936) and one bronze (Dressage team: 1952). Pollay took the Judge's Oath at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ..., the first for an official in the Summer Olympics to do so. References External linksDatabaseOlympics.com profile *Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Equestrian: Dres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marten Von Barnekow
Marten von Barnekow (18 March 1900 in Bromberg – 29 January 1967 in Rehau) was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in show jumping with the German team 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 ... in Berlin. References 1900 births 1967 deaths Sportspeople from Bydgoszcz German male equestrians Olympic equestrians for Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Equestrians at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-equestrian-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinz Brandt
Heinz Brandt (11 March 1907 – 21 July 1944) was a German officer. During World War II he served as an aide to General Adolf Heusinger, the head of the operations unit of the General Staff. He may have inadvertently saved Adolf Hitler's life, at the cost of his own, by moving the bomb planted by Claus von Stauffenberg during the 20 July plot. Early life Brandt, the son of later General der Kavallerie Georg Brandt, was born in Charlottenburg (now Berlin). He joined the Reichswehr in 1925. Brandt attended a course at the cavalry school in Hanover from 1927 to 1928 and was commissioned a lieutenant. In 1936 he was a member of the gold medal-winning German show jumping team in the equestrian event at the Berlin Summer Olympics, on his horse Alchemy. Second World War At the outbreak of the Second World War he was a Hauptmann on the general staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. After serving in an infantry division he was promoted to major in January 1941 and Oberstleutnant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Hasse
Kurt Hasse (7 February 1907 – 9 January 1944 on the Eastern Front of World War II in the Soviet Union) was a German show jumping champion, and 1936 Olympic champion. He was killed in action during World War II. Olympic Record Hasse participated at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ..., where he won a gold medal in Individual Jumping, and also a team gold medal with the horse Tora."1935 Summer Olympics – Berlin, Germany – Equestrian" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 28 October 2008) Reference ...
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Konrad Freiherr Von Wangenheim
Konrad Freiherr von Wangenheim (20 August 1909 in Hanover – 28 January 1953) was a German army Cavalry officer, a horse rider who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, securing a gold medal for the German equestrian team whilst suffering from a broken collarbone. Biography In 1936 he and his horse ''Kurfürst'' won the gold medal as part of the German eventing team in the team eventing competition after finishing 24th in the individual eventing competition. Wangenheim became a Captain (''Rittmeister'') with Cavalry Regiment No. 8 (''Reiter-Regiment 8'', later renamed ''Kavallerie-Regiment 8'') garrisoned at Brieg in Silesia. Currently, esquadron which member was Wangenhaim had garrison in Namslau. In July 1944, while serving as a German Army officer on the Eastern Front during the Second World War, he was captured by the Red Army. After being held as a prisoner of war for several years, while awaiting repatriation to Germany from the Soviet Union, in 1953 he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
