Hans Woellke
German shot putter (1911–1943)
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Hans-Otto Woellke (18 February 1911 – 22 March 1943) was a Nazi German shot putter, who won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[2]
Woellke at the 1936 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 February 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 March 1943 (aged 32) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | PSV Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 16.60 m (1936)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
Woellke won the British AAA Championships title in the shot put event at the 1937 AAA Championships.[3][4][5] He won a bronze medal at the 1938 European Championships.[6]
Woellke served with the Order Police. During World War II, he was a captain in the Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 and served as a company commander. He was killed by partisans on 22 March 1943 near Khatyn village, after which a retaliatory mass killing of civilians took place, committed by the men from Woellke's company and a company of SS-Sonderbataillon Dirlewanger.[7][8]
