Gustav Jaenecke
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| Gustav Jaenecke | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Gustav Jaenecke (left) with Christian Boussus | |||
| Born |
22 May 1908 | ||
| Died |
30 May 1985 (aged 77) Bonn, West Germany | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| National team |
 Germany | ||
| Playing career | 1923–1950 | ||
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Ice hockey | ||
| Representing Germany | ||
 | 1932 Lake Placid | Ice Hockey |
Gustav Jaenecke (22 May 1908 – 30 May 1985) or Jänecke[1] was a German ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics, in the 1932 Winter Olympics, and in the 1936 Winter Olympics, and tennis player who played in three International Lawn Tennis Challenge ties for Germany.
He was born in Berlin, German Empire and died in Bonn, West Germany. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998.
In 1928 he participated with the German ice hockey team, in the Olympic ice hockey tournament.
Four years later he won the bronze medal with the German team. He played all six matches and scored one goal.
In the 1933 World Ice Hockey Championships he scored two goals in a round-robin match against Poland in Group B of the European tournament draw.[2]
In the 1935 World Ice Hockey Championships in Davos, Switzerland he scored two goals against Poland in the ninth-place game of the tournament.[3]
At the 1936 Olympic ice hockey tournament he played all six matches and scored three goals. His teammate Rudi Ball was half-Jewish and thus was initially overlooked for selection in the German ice hockey team. Jaenecke, his good friend, refused to play unless Ball was included. With much controversy, Ball was finally included in the German team to play at the 1936 Olympic games.[4]
He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998.[5][6]
Tennis
In 1931 he was ranked third on the German tennis rankings after reaching the final of the German Tennis Championships that year where he bowed to Roderich Menzel.[7] Jaenecke played for Germany in the International Lawn Tennis Challenge ties against Italy (in the 1932 Europe Zone final), Japan and Egypt. The same year he won the German National Tennis Championships.[8] In 1935 he was a runner-up for the national title again that time losing it to Gottfried von Cramm.[9]
