Emil Hirschfeld
Emil Hirschfeld (born July 31, 1903 in Danzig ; † February 23, 1968 in East Berlin ) was a German athlete .
Life
Hirschfeld won the bronze medal in the shot put at the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 ( 15.72 m -14.98-15.52-15.63-14.78-15.01). Shortly after the World Cup, Hirschfeld set a new world record in the shot put with a width of 16.04 m. He was the first to surpass the 16-meter mark.
The Amsterdam bronze medal was later lost during a bomb attack in Berlin and was not found again until 1955 during excavation work. Hirschfeld received it back and then offered it as a prize for the GDR athlete who was next to exceed his personal best of 16.05 m.
He also took part in the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , but without winning a medal: In the shot put he was fourth with 15.56 m, in the discus throw he reached 13th place with a preliminary distance of 42.42 m.
He won seven German championship titles in different disciplines: In the shot put in 1928, 1929, 1931 and 1932, he was runner-up in this discipline in 1927 and 1933. In the discus throw in 1929 and 1932 and a runner-up title in 1933. Finally, in 1928 he was German champion in the two-armed shot put. In this discipline, which was only practiced for a few years, the ball was not pushed with both arms at the same time, but rather one after the other with the left and right arm and the two distances achieved were added.
After the Second World War he worked as a trainer, so in 1950 when setting up the athletics base Einheit Mitte Halle together with Ewald Mertens (Olympic participant 1936/800 meters) and Rudolf Kahnt ("Eastern Zone Master " / 1500 meters, 1948).
Emil Hirschfeld started for SV Hindenburg Allenstein . With a height of 1.84 m, he had a competition weight of 88 kg.
Web links
- Emil Hirschfeld in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Emil Hirschfeld . In: Der Spiegel . No. 16 , 1955 ( online ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hirschfeld, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1968 |
| Place of death | East Berlin |