Erich Wied
Erich Wied (born February 6, 1923 in Münster am Neckar , † September 28, 1987 in Stuttgart ) was a German gymnast .
Career
Erich Wied was the twin brother of the gymnast Theo Wied . They both graduated from law school .
As a member of the Navy , he reached 7th place in the twelve-fight at the German gymnastics and game championships in Nuremberg in 1942 and third in the all-around competition with 188.8 points at the 1943 German gymnastics championships in Passau .
At the German Gymnastics Championships in Bochum in 1951 , he was German horse jumping champion and with a total of 111.5 points he was eighth in the overall standings. Like his twin brother, he took part in the Olympic Games in 1952 and 1956 . The brothers also took part in the 1952 German warriors' trip to South America . In 1953 he came fourth in the international Jahn memorial gymnastics on the Berlin Waldbühne in front of 12,000 spectators. In 1956, together with Werner Finkel, Heini Kurrle and Karl Schweizer, they won the German team championship in artistic gymnastics for the Gymnastics and Sports Association Münster (TSV Münster, formerly TSVgg Stuttgart-Münster ).
Web links
- Erich Wied in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gymnastics Brothers. It applies to the fatherland. Der Spiegel 38/1947, September 20, 1947, p. 6.
- ↑ Gymnastics. Success of Josef Stalder at the Jahn memorial gymnastics in Berlin. In: This and That - House Gazette of the Lenzburg Cantonal Prison , Volume 15, No. 11, July 18, 1953, p. 3. ( PDF )
- ↑ Harald Landwehr: TSV Münster. The boss has been running the business for 34 years. Stuttgarter Zeitung , May 4, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Me again |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German gymnast |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munster on the Neckar |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 1987 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |