Hasso von Bismarck
Hans-Hasso Otto Klaus von Bismarck (born July 22, 1902 in Lüneburg , Lower Saxony , † June 22, 1941 in Tauroggen , Lithuania ) was a German athlete at the 1932 Winter Olympics . During the Second World War he was a non-commissioned officer and died on the first day of Operation Barbarossa .
Olympia
Hasso von Bismarck strengthened the German Olympic squad as a bobsleigh driver in 1932 and was seventh and last in Lake Placid in the four-man bobsleigh competition together with the "emergency pilots" Walther von Mumm , Georg Gyssling and Gerhard von Hessert , after the second run the team was even ranked six. The bobsleigh crew jumped in at the last minute after numerous athletes from the original crews were in the hospital after Werner Zahn and Fritz Grau fell seriously . Von Bismarck started for the Berliner Sport-Club (Berliner SC).
Second World War
Von Bismarck served as a non-commissioned officer in World War II and was killed on the first day of Operation Barbarossa in the attack on the Soviet Union in Taurage, Lithuania.
literature
- Ernst Engelberg , Achim Engelberg: The Bismarcks: A Prussian family saga from the Middle Ages to today. Siedler Verlag, 2010, ISBN 9783641041458
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bismarck, Hasso von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bismarck, Hans-Hasso Otto Klaus von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete at the 1932 Winter Olympics |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lueneburg , Lower Saxony |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 22, 1941 |
| Place of death | Taurage , Lithuania |