Eduard von Lütcken
Eduard von Lütcken (born October 26, 1882 in Syke , Hanover Province , † September 15, 1914 with Sumski, Suwałki Governorate , Russian Empire , today Lithuania ) was a German eventing rider who won the Olympic silver medal with the team in 1912.
Lütken was the son of the magistrate Eduard Hermann von Lütcken . He studied at the University of Heidelberg and in 1903 became a member of the Corps Vandalia Heidelberg . Lieutenant Eduard von Lütcken took eighth place in the individual ranking at the 1912 Olympic Games on Blue Boy . Together with Carl von Moers , Richard von Schaesberg-Tannheim and Harry von Rochow , he rode to second place behind the Swedish team in the team classification. He last lived in Oschatz .
Eduard von Lütcken died at the beginning of the First World War on the Eastern Front near Sumski (today Lithuania ).
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 .
Web links
- Eduard von Lütcken in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 68 , 726.
- ^ Extract from the German lists of losses (Sächs. 22) of October 4, 1914, p. 860
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lütcken, Eduard von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German eventing rider |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Syke , Province of Hanover , Prussia , German Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1914 |
| Place of death | near Sumski, Suwałki Governorate , Russian Empire |