Paul Willführ

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Paul Willführ (born October 30, 1885 in Hanover , † April 22, 1922 there ) was a German athlete who took part in the 1912 Olympic Games.

Athletic career

Willführ, who was active in hockey, soccer and tennis in addition to athletics, began his athletic career at Eintracht Hannover . From 1909 to 1920 he competed for the Berlin sports club . At the German Championships in 1908 he took sixth place in the discus throw , and in 1909 he was fifth in the shot put . His breakthrough to the top came at the 1911 championships in Dresden, when he came second in the discus throw behind Emil Welz . In the javelin throw , Willführ was the first ever German champion in 1911 with 50.72 m .

At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 he was registered in three throwing disciplines. In the javelin throw he took 23rd place, with the ball he reached 18th place. An achievement in the discus throw is not known. One month after the Olympic Games, the German Championships took place in Duisburg . Willführ was second in the shot put behind Franz Buchholz and third in the discus throw. In 1913 and 1915 Willführ won the German championship in discus throwing. In 1915, he was second behind Richard Kahl in the javelin throw .

The customs secretary Paul Willführ died in 1922 as a result of an operation.

Top performances

  • Ball: 11.84 m on August 4, 1912 in Berlin
  • Discus: 41.65 m on July 20, 1913 in Hanover
  • Speer: 53.33 m on May 19, 1912 in Berlin

literature

  • Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft p. 1311
  • 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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Footnotes

  1. ↑ According to the SportsReference Olympic database, he did not succeed in any valid attempt. In Volker Kluge's book he is not mentioned by the participants in the discus throw (on page 312), which suggests that he did not run.
personal data
SURNAME Willführ, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1922
Place of death Hanover