Erwin Wegner
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's athletics | ||
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| European Championships | ||
| Silver medal – second place | 1934 Turin | 110 m hurdles |
| International University Games | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1935 Budapest | 110 m hurdles |
| Silver medal – second place | 1933 Turin | 110 m hurdles |
| Silver medal – second place | 1935 Budapest | 400 m hurdles |
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Erwin Wegner (5 April 1909 – 16 February 1945) was a German athlete, born in Stettin. Wegner won the silver medal at the 1934 European Championships in the 110 metres hurdles and competed in the Olympic Games as both a hurdler and a decathlete.
Career
[edit | edit source]At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Wegner competed in the 110 m hurdles and the decathlon.[1] In the hurdles he placed third in his heat in 15.1 and qualified for the semi-finals, where he failed to finish.[1] In the decathlon he placed ninth, winning the hurdles in 15.4 ahead of another specialist, Bob Tisdall.[1][2]
At the 1934 European Championships in Turin Wegner won the silver medal in the hurdles in 14.9, losing only to Hungary's József Kovács.[1][3][4] Wegner defeated Kovács at the International University Games in Budapest the following year, winning the gold in 14.7.[5]
Wegner returned to the Olympics in 1936, this time only competing in the 110 m hurdles and again going out in the semi-finals.[1] His personal best in the 110 m hurdles was 14.5, which he ran in 1935.[1] He was also good in the 400 m hurdles,[2] winning silver behind Kovács in that event at the 1935 International University Games.[5]
An SS officer, Wegner was killed in action in the last months of World War II in France.[6]
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External links
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- 1909 births
- 1945 deaths
- Sportspeople from Szczecin
- German men hurdlers
- German decathletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Germany
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Waffen-SS personnel killed in action
- SS-Obersturmbannführer
- 20th-century German sportsmen