Erhard Mayke

Erhard Mayke
nation	German Empire
birthday	January 6, 1896
place of birth	Chojnice ,  German Empire
date of death	1962
Place of death	Berlin ,  FR Germany
Career
discipline	500 m, 1500 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m
society	Berlin ice skating club
Pers. Best times	48.4 (500 m) 1928 2: 37.6 (1500 m) 1928 9: 20.0 (5000 m) 1928 19: 01.6 (10,000 m) 1928

Erhard Mayke (born January 6, 1896 in Chojnice , † 1962 in Berlin ) was a German speed skater .

Career

In 1928 Mayke ran his personal bests over all distances. In the same year he also took part in the World Championships in Davos and the Olympic Winter Games in St. Moritz , where he finished 24th over 500 m. Mayke also competed over 5000 m in St. Moritz, but did not finish his race.

He was also active at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , but this time as a timekeeper in the speed skating competitions.

Personal

Mayke came to Berlin with his family from the West Prussian town of Konitz in 1900 , where they lived for a long time in the Schöneberg district . His father was a landscape gardener. Mayke was married twice, his long-time wife Luise Placke came from Osnabrück .

During the First World War he was a soldier in the cavalry of the Prussian army. During the war in 1916, at the age of 20, he was wounded in the shoulder and had a hole in his left shoulder as a result. After the war he worked in a coffee roastery.

Web link

• Erhard Mayke in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )