Wilhelm Ritzenhoff
Wilhelm Ritzenhoff (born May 4, 1878 in Borbeck , † January 20, 1954 in Neuss ) was a German athlete and tug of war .
Ritzenhoff took part in athletics and tug of war competitions at the Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens in 1906 . While he was quickly eliminated in the 100-meter run, long jump from standing and stone throwing, he reached the third competition and 14th place in the ancient pentathlon. Together with Wilhelm Born , Willy Dörr , Karl Kaltenbach , Joseph Krämer , Heinrich Rondi , Heinrich Schneidereit and Julius Wagner , he won the tug of war after a final victory against the host Greeks.
The 1.77 m tall Ritzenhoff started for the MTV Marxloh-Bruckhausen .
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. 978
Web links
- Wilhelm Ritzenhoff in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Wilhelm Ritzenhoff in the Olympedia.org database (English)
Footnotes
- ^ The place of death Duisburg was given according to the Sports Reference database. According to the biographical handbook by Klaus Amrhein and according to Olympedia, Ritzenhoff died in Neuss.
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SURNAME | Ritzenhoff, Wilhelm |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete and tug of war |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1878 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Borbeck |
DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 1954 |
Place of death | Neuss |