Paul Günther (diver)

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Paul Günther at the 1912 Olympic Games

Paul Günther (born October 24, 1882 in Hanover , † 1945 in Duisburg ) was a German water diver and Olympic champion.

Life

Paul Günther was one of four German jumpers who dominated artificial jumping at the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912. He won ahead of Hans Luber , Kurt Behrens and defending champion Albert Zürner . Günther qualified from the tower for the final, but did not compete there. The superiority of the German diver in artificial jumping was essentially due to the basic gymnastics training of the Germans. Since high diving was only held as a championship discipline in Germany from 1925, this superiority only had an impact in the competitions from the three-meter board.

Paul Günther was German champion in art jumping in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1920. He won his last title for the Amateur Swimming Club Duisburg . In 1988 he was inducted into the international swimming pool 's hall of fame .

literature

  • Carl Diem : The Olympic Games 1912 , Berlin 1912, p. 98 ff.
  • Wolfgang Philipps: "There was a hard struggle between Miss Fletcher and Fräulein Rosenberg". A contribution to the history of swimming in Lower Saxony . In: Yearbook of the Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History , Vol. 20/21 (2017/2018), pp. 183–209
  • Wolfgang Philipps: Above water - under water. 125 years of the Hanover Swimming Club from 1892 , Hildesheim 2017, p. 29 ff.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German champions in jumping
personal data
SURNAME Günther, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diver
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH 1945
Place of death Duisburg