Hans Woellke
Woellke at the 1936 Olympics
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| Born | 18 February 1911 Bischofsburg, Germany |
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| Died | 22 March 1943 (aged 32) near Minsk, Belarus |
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| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Shot put | |||||||||||||||
| Club | PSV Berlin | |||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 16.60 m (1936) | |||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Hans-Otto Woellke (born 18 February 1911 – 22 March 1943) was a German shot putter, who won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1938 European Championships.
Woellke served with the Berlin Police force. During World War II, he was a captain in the Security Police attached to a regiment in the Waffen SS. He was killed by partisans on 22 March 1943 near Khatyn village, which caused a notorious mass killing of inhabitants of Khatyn.
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