Walter Ramme
Walter Ramme 
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| Surname: | Walter Ramme | ||||
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle | ||||
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MTV Braunschweig New York Athletic Club |
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| Birthday: | January 28, 1895 | ||||
| Place of birth: | Braunschweig | ||||
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Walter Ramme (born January 28, 1895 in Braunschweig ; year of death unknown) was a German swimmer .
Career
Ramme, who started for MTV Braunschweig , took part in the 1912 100m freestyle competition at the Olympic Games in Stockholm . In the final, he finished fifth.
In 1913 Ramme emigrated to the USA , on January 22, 1915 he set an amateur world record for the season with the New York Athletic Club .
Team 1915
| date | discipline | place | team |
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| January 22, 1915 | 4 × 50 yards | Mercury Foot Natatorium | Walter Ramme, Harry O'Sullivan, James A. Reilly, Robert Bennett (record season) |
| March 10, 1915 | 5 × 50 yards | Rutgers College , New Brunswick (New Jersey) | Walter Ramme, HE Vollmer, NT Nerich, Harry O'Sullivan, Robert Bennett |
| March 10, 1915 | 6 × 50 yards | Rutgers College, New Brunswick (New Jersey) | Walter Ramme, HE Vollmer, NT Nerich, Harry O'Sullivan, Robert Bennett, James A. Reilly |
| April 8, 1915 | 5 × 100 yards | New York City | Walter Ramme, HE Vollmer, NT Nerich, Harry O'Sullivan, JC Wheatley |
| April 8, 1915 | 1 mile | New Jork City | 17 men |
Web links
- Walter Ramme in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Great Olympians: Biographies - RAM ( Memento of the original from December 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 16, 2015.
- ^ New swimming record made in four-man relay In: The Christian Science Monitor of January 23, 1915, accessed on June 16, 2015 (PDF)
- ↑ James Edward Sullivan: Spalding's official athletic almanac . American sports pub. Co., New York 1916, OCLC 6468707 , p. 21, 51 .
- ↑ Set new world's record. In: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 23, 1915, p. 10 , accessed June 16, 2015 .
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| SURNAME | Ram, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century or 21st century |