Kurt Behrens
Kurt Eduard Franz Behrens (born November 26, 1884 in Magdeburg , † February 5, 1928 in Berlin ) was a German high diver .
Behrens was the son of the confectioner Robert August Behrens and his wife Anna Dorothea geb. Fischbeck At the Olympic Games in London he won the silver medal in jumping. In 1912 in Stockholm he won the bronze medal again. Behrens lived in the United States from 1910 to 1921. In Germany he started for SC Hellas Magdeburg .
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 .
Web links
- Kurt Behrens in the Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon
- Kurt Behrens in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Ancestry.com. Magdeburg, Germany, Birth Register 1874–1903 [database on-line], Magdeburg Old Town Registry Office, Register Number 3565/1884
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Behrens, Kurt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Behrens, Kurt Eduard Franz (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German high diver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1928 |
| Place of death | Berlin |