Heinrich Schomburgk

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Heinrich Schomburgk
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Koering and Schomburgk, 1912 in Stockholm
Koering and Schomburgk, 1912 in Stockholm

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gold 1912 Stockholm Mixed (lawn)

Heinrich Georg Schomburgk (born June 23, 1885 in Connewitz , † March 26, 1965 in Eppstein ) was a German football and tennis player .

Heinrich Schomburgk was the son of the Leipzig entrepreneur Heinrich Georg Schomburgk and his wife Doris Eugenie, née Heine, daughter of the Leipzig industrial pioneer Carl Erdmann Heine .

Together with Dora Köring from Dresden, he won the mixed gold medal at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm . Schomburgk was well prepared for the award ceremony; he had brought a cylinder with him especially for it.

He won German championship titles in men's doubles in 1908, in men’s singles and mixed doubles in 1913 (again with Dora Köring) and in 1922 in men’s doubles and mixed doubles (with his wife Toni Schomburgk , née Mettenheimer).

In his most successful sport, tennis, the Leipzig Sports Club was his sporting home. Since Schomburgk was very versatile in terms of sport, he played tennis together with his brother Wilhelm as left wing football at VfB Leipzig , which was at the top of German football at the time. In 1906 he was the third German football champion with the club, but without having completed a job in the final round.

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  1. ↑ according to the marriage register Königstein i. Ts., 1920, entry no.1
  2. ↑ Eppstein i. Ts., 1965, entry no.29
  3. ↑ LVZ from 27./28. October 2012 p. 20
  4. ↑ marriage register Königstein i. Ts., 1920, entry no.1
  5. ↑ Chronicle of the Leipziger SC (tennis)
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SURNAME Schomburgk, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schomburgk, Heinrich Georg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German tennis player and soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Connewitz
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1965
Place of death Eppstein