Emil Benecke
Emil Kurt Benecke (born October 4, 1898 in Magdeburg , † August 12, 1945 in Riga ) was a German swimmer and water polo player .
Benecke was the son of the businessman Gustav Adolf Emil Benecke and his wife Emma Anna Clara nee. Berger. The swimmer , who started for SC Hellas Magdeburg , had his first successes in 1917, when he became German war champion in the 1500 m freestyle. At the German Championships in 1918 he was able to repeat this success, at the German Championships in 1920 he won the national title over 400 m freestyle.
In addition to swimming, he also played water polo and became German champion in 1922 and 1924. At the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam , in which German athletes were allowed to take part again for the first time after the First World War , he became Olympic champion with the German water polo team , four years later he won silver again in water polo at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles .
Emil Benecke died shortly after the end of the Second World War as a Soviet prisoner of war.
Web links
- Emil Benecke in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Emil Benecke in the Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ^ Ancestry.com. Magdeburg, Germany, Birth Register 1874–1903 [database on-line], Magdeburg Old Town Registry Office, Register Number 2695/1898
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Benecke, Emil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Benecke, Emil Kurt (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer and water polo player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 1945 |
| Place of death | Riga |