Hermann Wilker
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| bronze | 1900 Paris | Rowing (foursome with helmsman) |
| gold | 1912 Stockholm | Rowing (foursome with helmsman) |
Hermann Wilker (born July 24, 1874 in Flomersheim , † December 28, 1941 in Mundenheim ) was a German rower of the Ludwigshafen rowing club from 1878 and Olympic champion.
Life
Hermann Wilker was born as one of two sons in Flomersheim near Frankenthal (Palatinate) , his parents worked there as teachers. After the early epidemic death of his parents in 1881 he came to live with relatives in Gönnheim , his brother in the southern Palatinate. Later he attended the Latin school in Frankenthal until he graduated from high school . After studying to be a teacher, he got a job in Mundenheim near Ludwigshafen am Rhein and joined the rowing club there.
International success
At the international regatta in 1900, on the occasion of the world exhibition in Paris, the Ludwigshafen rowing club also sent a boat. Hermann Wilker is rowing together with Ernst Felle, Carl Lehle, Otto Fickeisen and helmsman Franz Kröwerath in the men's four with helmsman. Since the Olympic Games are taking place in Paris at the same time , the race will be the first Olympic regatta. After victories in preliminary heats, the four-man from the Ludwigshafen rowing club finished third behind Germania Hamburg and Roubaix (France).
Together with Albert Arnheiter , Rudolf Fickeisen , Otto Fickeisen and helmsman Otto Maier, Hermann Wilker won gold in a four with helmsman at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 . The team won the first Olympic gold medal for the German Rowing Association.
Hermann Wilker took part as a referee in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin . He was involved in rowing until his death.
Web links
- Hermann Wilker in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Die Rheinpfalz , Axel Nickel: "Frankenthal has a 'new' Olympic champion", local edition Frankenthal from June 8, 2013
- ↑ International title of RV Ludwigshafen
1900: Bouckaert , Cau , Delchambre , Hazebroucq , Stm. Charlot (FRA) and G. Goßler , O. Goßler , Katzenstein , Tietgens , Stm. C. Goßler (GER) | Interludes 1906: Bruna , Fontanella , Zardinoni , Poli , Stm. Cesana (ITA) | 1912: Arnheiter , Wilker , R. Fickeisen , O. Fickeisen , Stm. Maier (GER) | 1920: Brüderlin , M. Rudolf , P. Rudolf , Walter , Stm. Staub (SUI) | 1924: Albrecht , Probst , Sigg , Walter , Stm. Lachapelle (SUI) | 1928: Perentin , D'Este , Vittori , Delise , Stm. Petronio (ITA) | 1932: Eller , Hoeck , Meyer , Spremberg , Stm. Neumann (GER) | 1936: Maier , Volle , Gaber , Söllner , Stm. Bauer (GER) | 1948: Westlund , Martin , Will , Giovanelli , Stm. Morgan (USA) | 1952: Mejta , Havlis , Jindra , Lusk , Stm. Koranda (TCH) | 1956: Winkler , Sgheiz , Vanzin , Trincavelli , Stm. Stefanoni (ITA) | 1960: Cintl , Effertz , Riekemann , Litz , Stm. Obst (EUA) | 1964: Neusel , Britting , Werner , Hirschfelder , Stm. Oelke (EUA) | 1968: Joyce , Collinge , Storey , Cole , Stm. Dickie (NZL) | 1972: Berger , Färber , Auer , Bierl , Stm. Benter (GER) | 1976: Jeschinow , Iwanow , Kuznetsov , Klepikow , Stm. Lukjanow (URS) | 1980: Wendisch , U. Dießner , W. Dießner , Döhn , Stm. Gregor (GDR) | 1984: Cross , Budgett , Holmes , Redgrave , Stm. Ellison (GBR) | 1988: Niesecke , Schmeling , Eichwurzel , Klawonn , Stm. Heron (GDR) | 1992: Ruican , Talapan , Popescu , Țaga Stm. Răducanu (ROM)
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| SURNAME | Wilker, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Flomersheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1941 |
| Place of death | Mundenheim |