Gerhard Hilbrecht

Gerhard Hilbrecht
nation	German Empire
birthday	April 2, 1915
place of birth	Walkowitz ,  German Empire
size	188 cm
Weight	86 kg
job	Teacher
date of death	November 1, 1996
Place of death	Prien am Chiemsee ,  Germany
Career
discipline	Pentathlon , discus throw
Best performance	48.37 m
society	SC Osterode , VfB Koenigsberg , DT Görlitz , TV Simbach , TSV 1860 Munich
Medal table
International university games 1 × 2 × 0 × German championships 3 × 4 × 2 ×
International university games silver Budapest 1935 Discus throw gold Paris 1937 Discus throw silver Paris 1937 Pentathlon  German championships bronze Nuremberg 1934 Discus throw silver Berlin 1936 Discus throw bronze Berlin 1937 Discus throw gold Berlin 1943 Discus throw gold Frankfurt am Main 1946 Discus throw silver Cologne 1947 Discus throw silver Nuremberg 1948 Discus throw gold Bremen 1949 Discus throw silver Stuttgart 1950 Discus throw

Gerhard Hilbrecht (born April 2, 1915 in Walkowitz , Posen Province ; † November 1, 1996 Prien am Chiemsee ) was a German athlete .

biography

Gerhard Hilbrecht competed in the discus throw at the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 , but did not qualify for the final.

At the University Games, the predecessor of today's Universiade , Hilbrecht won the silver medal in the discus throw in 1935 . Two years later it was enough for gold in the discus and silver in the pentathlon .

In 1943 , 1946 and 1949 he was German champion in the discus throw .

In 1951 he was awarded the silver bay leaf .

Hilbrecht later worked as a teacher at the German School in Athens . His daughter Julia became a successful high jumper.

Web links

• Gerhard Hilbrecht in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )