Alexander Abraham (decathlete)
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| Born | 17 January 1886 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 5 February 1971 (aged 85) East Berlin, Germany |
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| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | shot put / decathlon |
| Club | SC Komet Berlin |
Alexander Gustav Abraham Steglitz (17 January 1886 – 5 February 1971) was a German track and field athlete, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Biography
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- ^ "Amateur Athletic Championship". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 3 July 1911. Retrieved 1 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA Champions". Sporting Life. 3 July 1911. Retrieved 1 November 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "Alex Abraham". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
Sources
[edit]- 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.
- list of German athletes
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