- Hermann Weingärtner
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medaltemplates=Hermann Weingärtner (
August 24 1864 –December 22 1919 ) was a German gymnast.He was born in
Frankfurt (Oder) and died inFrankfurt (Oder) He started his career in his hometown at the local gymnastics club "Frankfurter Turnverein 1860". Later on he moved to
Berlin to compete for the "Deutsche Turnerschaft".He competed at the
1896 Summer Olympics inAthens . Weingärtner was a member of the German team that won twogold medal s by placing first in both of the team events, theparallel bars and thehorizontal bar .He also won a number of individual medals, taking the gold in the horizontal bar, silver in
pommel horse and rings, and bronze in the vault. He competed in the parallel bars, but did not win a medal in that event. His six medals made him one of the most successful competitors at the first modern Olympic Games.After his return to Germany he and most of the other German gymnasts were suspended, because the "Deutsche Turnerschaft" (at this time the governing body of German gymnastics) boycotted the Olympic games with the reason that competing is "ungerman". So he moved back to
Frankfurt (Oder) to manage the open-air swimming pool founded by his father on the "Ziegenwerder" island.He drowned trying to rescue a person from drowning in the Oder.
In 1996 the main footpath on the "Ziegenwerder" island was named Hermann-Weingärtner-Weg.
External links
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WEINGHER01 profile]
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