Franz Berghammer (November 20, 1913 – July 7, 1944) was an

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

field handball Field handball (also known as outdoor handball or grass handball) is a soccer-like outdoor predecessor of what is now (indoor) handball. It was played at the Olympics once, at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. It was dominated by Germany, winn ...

player 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 ...

. He was part of the Austrian field handball team, which won the silver medal. He played one match. He 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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1913 births 1944 deaths Austrian male handball players Olympic handball players for Austria Field handball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Austrian military personnel killed in World War II Missing in action of World War II 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-Olympic-medalist-stub