Georg Hax

Heinrich Bernhard Friedrich Alexander Georg Hax (born December 27, 1870 in Spandau , † August 1, 1952 ) was a German diver , water polo player , gymnast and sports official .

biography

Georg Hax started out as a diver, where he became European champion in 1893 and 1894 . Between 1894 and 1903 president of the German Swimming Association . In the Reich Committee for the Olympic Games, Hax campaigned for water sports enthusiasts at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris . However, the general secretary Gebhardt distributed most of the money to the gymnasts, so the field of participants in swimming quickly assembled. Only SC Otter from Berlin responded to his tender for a German team at the games . However, since Hax knew that this would have little chance, he obtained permission to send a selection team. He wanted to integrate one or two good swimmers into the team. One month before the games, however, a game by SC Otter was abandoned . After the players became abusive to the referee. The association did not want to send this team to Paris as a German representation.

In a short time, Georg Hax put together a selection team, in which he himself participated as team captain and goalkeeper. This was the hour of birth of the German national water polo team . Besides Gustav Lexau from Hamburg , the majority of the team came from Berlin, Fritz Scheider ( SC Poseidon Berlin ), Paul Gebauer ( Berliner SV 1878 ) and Max Schöne ( SC Forelle ). The team was strengthened with swimmers Max Hainle from Stuttgart, Ernst Hoppenberg from Bremen and Hans Aniol , who also came from Berlin and, like Hax, started for the Berlin amateur swimming club . All three also competed in the swimming competitions . In the quarterfinals, the team played against the Pupilles de Neptune from Lille . At halftime, the French were already 3-0 ahead as they struggled to cope with international rules. But in the second half, the team still managed two goals, but lost 3-2.

Hax took part again at the Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens in 1906 and was allowed to lead the German team into the stadium as the flag bearer at the opening ceremony . This time, however, the Berliner started as a team all-around competition in the Turner, where it finished fifth.

From 1930 to 1936, Hax took over the office of association president again. In 1933 he issued the so-called Aryan paragraph, which excluded all Jews from the German Swimming Association.

His son Heinz Hax became a modern pentathlete and marksman who took part in three Olympic Games ( 1928 , 1932 and 1936 ).

Web links

• Georg Hax in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Dr. Günter Schwill: THE FIRST WATERBALL INTERNATIONAL GAME. Retrieved February 14, 2020 .