Paul Weinstein

Paul Weinstein (born April 5, 1878 in Wallendorf , † August 16, 1964 in Wiemelhausen ( near Bochum )) was a German athlete .

Career

In the high jump of the 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis, he reached 1.77 m, the same height as the second, Garrett Serviss from the USA, but lost the following playoff. In the pole vault he was seventh.

He also took part in the 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens in five jumping disciplines and in the javelin throw, but remained without medal success:

• High jump : seventh place (1.65 m)
• High jump from standing : seventh place (1.25 m)
• Long jump : 16th place (eliminated in the preliminary competition with 5.725 m)
• Long jump from standing : 23rd place (eliminated in the preliminary competition with 2.65 m)
• Triple jump : 9th place (eliminated in the preliminary competition with 12.615 m)
• Javelin Throw : Eliminated with unknown distance

Paul Weinstein, grandson of a converted Jew, started for the LC Sportfreunde Halle like his younger brother Albert Weinstein . From 1926 to 1948, the scientist with a doctorate was head of the chemical investigation office of the city of Bochum . As the second chairman of TuS Bochum (a predecessor of VfL Bochum ), he was instrumental in making Bochum an important location for athletics , not least because of the international fighting games .

literature

• Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005. 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 (published by Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft )

Web links

• Paul Weinstein in the Hall (e) of Fame of the Stadtsportbund Halle eV
• Paul Weinstein in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Footnotes

1. ↑ City of Bochum: Chemical Investigation Office: History ( Memento from July 28, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
2. ↑ back pass: VfL fan at the Olympic Games. In: My VfL. Issue 14, 2006/2007 ( PDF; 2.80 kB ( Memento from October 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ))