Erwin Blask (March 20, 1910 – February 6, 1999) was a German athlete who competed mainly in the hammer throw event. He won the silver medal for Germany 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 ...

Biography

Blask was born in Friedrichsheyde,

East Prussia East Prussia was a Provinces of Prussia, province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's ...

(today Gajrowskie, Poland) At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Blask won the silver medal in the men's hammer throw competition behind his fellow German

Karl Hein Karl Hein may refer to: * Karl Hein (athlete) (1908–1982), German hammer thrower * Karl Hein (footballer) (born 2002), Estonian footballer {{hndis, Hein, Karl ...

. Blask finished second behind Karl Hein again in the hammer throw event at the British

1937 AAA Championships The 1937 AAA Championships was the 1937 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 16 to 17 July 1937 at White City Stadium in London, England. The Championsh ...

. He died in

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1910 births 1999 deaths People from Giżycko County Sportspeople from East Prussia Athletes from Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship German male hammer throwers Olympic silver medalists for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany World record setters in athletics (track and field) 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub