Eduard Hermann (athlete)

Eduard Hermann
nation	Russia (until 1918) Estonia (from 1918)
birthday	July 10, 1887
place of birth	Sootaga Municipality,  Estonia
date of death	February 8, 1960
Place of death	Chatswood,  Australia
Career
discipline	Go
society	Tervis Tartu; SK Tallinna Sport

Eduard Hermann (born July 10, 1887 in Sootaga parish, Dorpat district , Livonia Governorate (now Estonia ), † February 8, 1960 in Chatswood, New South Wales , Australia ) was an Estonian walker .

Eduard Hermann started walking in 1911. In a competition over 10,000 m in Riga , he came first to the finish and was then sent as a member of the Russian team to the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 . However , he did not finish over 10,000 m .

Eight years later in Antwerp , Hermann started for Estonia, which has been independent since 1918 . Both in the competition over 3000 m and over 10,000 m he was disqualified in the first round.

After the Olympic Games in Antwerp, Hermann became interested in boxing and joined the VS Sport boxing club in Tallinn . In 1926 he emigrated to Australia and worked there as a farmer.

Web links

• Eduard Hermann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )