Wilhelm Born
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Wilhelm Henrich Born (born August 7, 1881 ; † in the 20th century) was a German wrestler and tug of war .
Wilhelm Born started for the Germania Karlsruhe athletic sports club .
He took part in the unofficial World Championships in Greco-Roman wrestling and took sixth place.
Born participated in the 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens in the wrestling and tug of war competitions. While he only achieved seventh place in the wrestling, he won the gold medal in the tug-of-war, together with Willy Dörr , Karl Kaltenbach , Joseph Krämer , Wilhelm Ritzenhoff , Heinrich Rondi , Heinrich Schneidereit and Julius Wagner , while silver went to Greece.
Web links
- Wilhelm Born in the Olympedia.org database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Bill Mallon: The 1906 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary , McFarland 2009 p. 187
- ^ Wilhelm Born Sports Reference , at sports-reference.com , accessed December 24, 2015
- ^ Tug of war at the Olympic Games , Association for the Promotion of Former Olympic Sports, Birkenwerder, February 2010, page VIII
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| SURNAME | Born, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Born, Wilhelm Henrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wrestler and tug of war |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1881 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |