Erwin Wegner

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.

Erwin Wegner
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing Germany Germany
European Championships
Silver medal – second place1934 Turin110 m hurdles
International University Games
Gold medal – first place1935 Budapest110 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place1933 Turin110 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place1935 Budapest400 m hurdles

Career

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]

References
  1. "Erwin Wegner Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. Jukola, Martti (1935). Huippu-urheilun historia (in Finnish). Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö.
  3. "EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  4. Erwin Wegner at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  5. "WORLD STUDENT GAMES (PRE-UNIVERSIADE)". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  6. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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