Hans Woellke
Woellke at the 1936 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 February 1911 Bischofsburg, German Empire | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 March 1943 (aged 32) near Khatyn, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Shot put | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | PSV Berlin | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 16.60 m (1936)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hans-Otto Woellke (18 February 1911 – 22 March 1943) was a Nazi German shot putter, who won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2]
Biography
Woellke won the British AAA Championships title in the shot put event at the 1937 AAA Championships.[3][4][5]
He won a bronze medal at the 1938 European Championships.[6]
Woellke served with the Order Police. During World War II, he was a captain in the Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 attached to a regiment in the Waffen-SS. He was killed by partisans on 22 March 1943 near Khatyn village, after which a retaliatory mass killing of civilians took place by Schutzmannschaft and Waffen-SS soldiers.[7][8]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hans Woellke.
- ^ Hans Woellke. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "Hans Woellke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ^ "The Athletic Championships". Liverpool Daily Post. 17 July 1937. Retrieved 18 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Six records go by the board at White City". Evening Despatch. 19 July 1937. Retrieved 18 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ Genocide Policy, khatyn.by
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.