Hans Woellke
 Woellke at the 1936 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 February 1911 Bischofsburg, German Empire | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 March 1943 (aged 32) near Khatyn, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Shot put | ||||||||||||||||
| Club | PSV Berlin | ||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 16.60 m (1936)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hans-Otto Woellke (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.[2]
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.[3][4]
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- ^ Hans Woellke. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "Hans Woellke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ^ Genocide Policy, khatyn.by
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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