Hermann Stork

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Hermann Stork Diving
Personal information
Nationality: GermanyGermany Germany / German EmpireGerman Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) 
Discipline (s) : Art, diving
Society: SV Weißblau-Allianz Frankfurt
Birthday: August 30, 1911
Place of birth: to water
Date of death: June 12, 1962
Place of death: Frankfurt am Main
Medals

Hermann Stork (born August 30, 1911 in Gießen ; † June 12, 1962 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German water diver who won the bronze medal in diving at the Olympic Games in 1936.

Hermann Stork started for SV Weißblau-Allianz Frankfurt and trained with Fritz Nicolai . In 1934 and 1935 he won the German diving championship. In 1934 he also won the European Championship.

At the Olympic Games in Berlin, two Americans placed ahead of two Germans in high diving. The winner was Marshall Wayne before Elbert Root , Hermann Stork won the bronze medal with a narrow margin on the Dresden Erhard White , who in 1938 was to be his successor as European champion.

literature

  • Bodo Harenberg (ed.): The stars of the sport from A-Z . Darmstadt 1970
  • Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chronicle of SV Gelnhausen ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 21, 2009)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.svgelnhausen.de
  2. ↑ German champions in diving
  3. ↑ European champion in diving
personal data
SURNAME Stork, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diver
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH to water
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 1962
Place of death Frankfurt am Main