Heinz Pollay (4 February 1908 in

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– 14 May 1979) was a German (later

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)

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who competed in

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from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Competing in two

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, he won two golds (Dressage individual and Dressage team: both

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) and one bronze (Dressage team:

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). Pollay took the Judge's Oath at the

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, the first for an official in the Summer Olympics to do so.

References

External links

DatabaseOlympics.com profileIOC 1972 Summer Olympics
*Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Equestrian: Dressage, Individual" and "Equestrian: Dressage, Team". In ''The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980''. New York: Penguin Books. pp. 236, 237, 239, 240. 1908 births 1979 deaths Sportspeople from Koszalin Sportspeople from the Province of Pomerania Equestrians at the 1936 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1952 Summer Olympics German dressage riders Olympic equestrians for Germany German male equestrians Olympic medalists in equestrian Olympic officials Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Oath takers at the Olympic Games 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-Olympic-medalist-stub