Category: OlympicDocs

Theodore Howard Somervell

Theodore Howard Somervell

Theodore Howard Somervell OBE, FRCS (16 April 1890 – 23 January 1975) was an English surgeon, mountaineer, painter and missionary who was a member of two expeditions to Mount Everest in the 1920s, and then spent nearly 40 years working as a doctor in India. In 1924 he was awarded an Olympic Gold Medal by Pierre de Coubertin for his achievements in mountaineering (Alpinism). Somervell was born in Kendal, Westmorland, Read more [...]
Petra Dallmann

Petra Dallmann

Petra Dallmann (center, next to Sandra Völker, left, and Antje Buschschulte, right) was supported by Sporthilfe for nine years and subsequently joined the Sporthilfe Alumni Club. Today, she works as a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy and has created "ATHLETES IN MIND," ​​a digital mental health offering for competitive athletes. (Photo: picture alliance) Petra Dallmann (born November 21, 1978 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a former German swimmer. Her swimming career began at SV Read more [...]
Roland Matthes

Roland Matthes

Roland Matthes (* 17 November 1950 in Pößneck; † 20 December 2019 in Wertheim[1]) was a German swimmer, world record holder and four-time Olympic champion and is considered one of the most successful and popular athletes in the GDR. Matthes studied sports science from 1970 to 1977 and graduated with a degree in sports teaching. From 1978 to 1984, he studied medicine in Jena. Matthes worked as an orthopedic surgeon in Marktheidenfeld. From 1985 to 1989, he was a member of the IOC Medical Read more [...]
Thomas Wessinghage

Thomas Wessinghage

Thomas Wessinghage (born 22 February 1952 in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German former middle- and long-distance runner who won the 1982 European Championships' final over 5000 metres beating the British world-record holder David Moorcroft. Because he was already thirty at the time, and had been an international-level runner for a decade, this victory was a long-awaited one for him. He admitted that he decided to run the 5,000 metres instead Read more [...]
Sabine Bau

Sabine Bau

Florett fencing at the Fencing Club Tauberbischofsheim e.V. June 19 1969bornprofessionMedical Doctor at the Ludwig-Haus in Würzburg/GermanytrainerLajos Somodihomepagewww.Sabine-Bau.de Successes1986silver medal in single and bronce with team at the world championships in Sofia/Bulgaria1988silver medal in single and gold with team at the Olympic Games in Seoul1989gold medal with team at the championship in Denver/Colorado1991bronce medal in signle and with team at the world championship Read more [...]
Klaus Steinbach

Klaus Steinbach

PER// STEINBACH Klaus Dr. Olympia-Ausscheidung-Deutsche Schwimm-Meisterschaften 1980 in München. Sportart Schwimmen. Copyright by Sportphoto Laci Perenyi 40667 Meerbusch Im Kamp 44 Tel.02132 6266 Fax 02132 6254 Stadtsparkasse DŸsseldorf (30050110) Kto.61003810eMail: laci@sportphoto-perenyi.de Klaus Steinbach (born 14 December 1953 in Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a former world record holder and Olympic freestyle swimmer from Germany. He swam for Germany at the 1972 and 1976 Read more [...]
Hinrich Romeike

Hinrich Romeike

Hinrich Romeike (* 26. Mai 1963 in Hamburg) ist ein deutscher Vielseitigkeitsreiter. Bei den Olympischen Spielen in Peking 2008 wurde Hinrich Romeike Olympiasieger im Einzel- und gewann zusammen mit Ingrid Klimke, Andreas Dibowski, Peter Thomsen und Frank Ostholt die Goldmedaille im Mannschaftswettbewerb. Zuvor waren seine größten Erfolge der Mannschaftssieg bei den Weltreiterspielen 2006 in Aachen sowie der Read more [...]

Helmut Pfleger

Helmut Pfleger (born August 6, 1943) is a German chess grandmaster and author. He was one of the most promising chess players in the 1960s and 1970s. From 1977 until 2005, Pfleger hosted a series of chess programs on German public TV, including Chess of the Grandmasters, often together with grandmaster Vlastimil Hort. By profession, he is a doctor of medicine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCljbp3oesU In 1960 he won the German Junior Championship, in 1961 Read more [...]
Markus Merk

Markus Merk

Markus Merk (born 15 March 1962) is a former top-level German football referee. He is a six-time winner of the German Referee of the Year Award and the record holder in games refereed in the Bundesliga. In 2005, Merk was awarded the German Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit) in recognition of his service to football and his charity work in India. He ended his career by refereeing the match between Bayern Munich and Hertha BSC Berlin on the last day Read more [...]