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

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

field handball Field handball (also known as outdoor handball or grass handball) was a form of what is now handball and was played at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Ga ...

player who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad ( German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi- ...

. 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, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

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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 people {{Austria-Olympic-medalist-stub