Gustav Schmelcher

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Gustav Gustl Schmelcher (* 1908 ; † 1943 ) was a German gymnast. He was a businessman by trade. High-bar gymnastics was his special strength. He did gymnastics first for the Mannheim gymnastics club from 1846 and later for TSV 1860 Munich . Schmelcher convinced with his versatility and was considered an excellent team gymnast.

Biography and Achievements

He began his gymnastics career in Mannheim in 1917. From 1930 to 1933 he lived in the USA. On May 30, 1930, he traveled with the Karlsruhe from Bremen to New York with the destination Philadelphia. In 1931 he became a national high bar master. He did gymnastics there for the Philadelphia gymnastics community.

In the city battle between Mannheim-Munich-Stuttgart on December 15, 1934, he won with Mannheim and was third in the individual ranking.

Since 1935 he was active for TSV 1860 Munich.

On December 14, 1935, he was doing gymnastics with Munich in the Mannheim Nibelungensaal of the Rosengarten in the city battle against Mannheim and Stuttgart and won with the Munich team.

In 1936 he was the first substitute for the Olympic team. As a member of the Germany team, he did gymnastics at the Olympic finals on July 4th and 5th, 1936 in the Hamburg Hanseatic Hall and was the sixth-best individual gymnast.

At the German gymnastics championships on April 18, 1937 in the city hall in Stuttgart 1937 he was 7th in the individual ranking.

On May 9, 1937, he won the German championship in club team gymnastics with TSV 1860 Munich in Münster before the gymnastics club Leuna and the gymnastics club Bad Kreuznach. Schmelcher was ahead of his teammate, Olympic champion Innozenz Stangl , third in the individual ranking behind the winner Konrad Frey (Bad Kreuznach) and the second Kurt Krötzsch (Leuna).

In August 1937 he did gymnastics with the German team in front of 3,000 spectators in Villingen .

In 1938 he had earned a share in winning the German Gymnastics Club Championship with 1860 Munich. At the German gymnastics championships on March 6, 1938 in Karlsruhe, he was 10th.

Schmelcher was a member of the German national team several times. On June 7, 1936 he was together with Alfred Müller best gymnast in the international match against Poland. In March 1937 he did gymnastics against Finland in the Hamburg Hanseatic Hall. In December 1937 he did gymnastics with the German warriors in Budapest against Hungary. He was used several times in the gymnastics team in Bavaria and southern Germany.

In 1939 he had to give up gymnastics for health reasons and was henceforth a mountaineer.

On November 11, 1943, it was reported that Schmelcher had died as a sergeant and platoon leader on the Eastern Front.

literature

  • Antonöffelmeier: The "lions" under the swastika - TSV Munich from 1860 under National Socialism , Göttingen 2009.
  • Ernst-Günther Poch: warn the fate of athletes! , Zittau 1991.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nordisches Turnblatt , Hamburg May 23, 1937 (number 13 / 72nd year).
  2. ↑ Ernst-Günther Poch: Admonish athletes' fates! , Zittau 1991, p. 78.
  3. ↑ Bremen passenger lists .
  4. ↑ gymn-forum.net .
  5. ↑ The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 27, 1931 .
  6. ^ Badische Presse of December 17, 1934 Online .
  7. ^ Badische Presse of December 16, 1935 Online .
  8. ↑ Nordisches Turnblatt , Hamburg May 23, 1937 (number 13 / 72nd year).
  9. ^ Badische Presse, July 6, 1936 Online .
  10. ^ Badische Presse of April 19, 1937 Online .
  11. ↑ Hamburger Tageblatt of May 10, 1937.
  12. ^ Badische Presse of August 9, 1937 Online .
  13. ^ Badische Presse of March 7, 1938 Online .
  14. ↑ Gymnastics and Sports Observers from June 8, 1936, page 3.
  15. ^ Badische Presse of March 27, 1937 Online .
  16. ↑ Ernst-Günther Poch: Admonish athletes' fates! , Zittau 1991, p. 78. See also Badische Presse of December 3, 1943 Online .
personal data
SURNAME Schmelcher, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmelcher, Gust (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gymnast of TSV 1860 Munich
DATE OF BIRTH 1908
DATE OF DEATH 1943