Alexander Abraham (decathlete)

Abraham was born in Berlin.

Abraham finished third in the shot put event at the British 1911 AAA Championships.^[1][2][3]

At the 1912 Olympic Games he participated in the decathlon competition but retired after four events. He competed for SC Komet Berlin during his sporting career and later worked as both a sports teacher/lecturer at the Deutscher Sportbund für Athletik as well as a chief coach for skiing and track and field in Turkey from 1928-36.^[4]

He died in East Berlin.

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexander "Alex" Abraham". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
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