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
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
- ^ "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
- 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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