Erwin Wegner

Erwin Wegner
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Competitor for Germany Germany
European Championships
1934 Turin 110 m hurdles
International University Games
1935 Budapest 110 m hurdles
1933 Turin 110 m hurdles
1935 Budapest 400 m hurdles

Erwin Wegner (5 April 1909 – 16 February 1945) was a German athlete. 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.

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Erwin Wegner Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. 1 2 Jukola, Martti (1935). Huippu-urheilun historia (in Finnish). Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö.
  3. "EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  4. Tilastopaja profile for Erwin Wegner
  5. 1 2 "WORLD STUDENT GAMES (PRE-UNIVERSIADE)". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 6 April 2014.

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