Walter Meyer (14 September 1904 – 5 December 1949) was a German

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

who competed in the

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held du ...

. In 1932 he won the gold medal as member of the German boat in the coxed four competition. He died in the

NKVD special camp Nr. 7 NKVD special camp Nr. 7 was a NKVD special camp that operated in until August 1945 and in Sachsenhausen (Oranienburg), Sachsenhausen from August 1945 until the spring of 1950. It was used by the Soviet occupation zone, Soviet occupying forces t ...

after

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 ...

. Meyer had been interned due to his membership in the

Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party ( or NSDAP), was a far-right politics, far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism. Its precursor ...

since 1933.

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External links

Walter Meyer's profile at databaseOlympics
1904 births 1949 deaths Olympic rowers for Germany Rowers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in rowing German male rowers Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics People who died in NKVD special camp Nr. 7 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Germany Nazi Party members Nazis who died in prison custody 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub