Alexander Abraham (decathlete) explained

Alexander Abraham
Birth Date:17 January 1886
Birth Place:Berlin, Germany
Death Date:5 February 1971 (aged 85)
Death Place:East Berlin, Germany
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.

Sources

Notes and References

  1. News: Amateur Athletic Championship . Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette . 3 July 1911 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 1 November 2024 .
  2. News: AAA Champions . Sporting Life . 3 July 1911 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 1 November 2024 .
  3. Web site: AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists . National Union of Track Statisticians . 1 November 2024 .
  4. Web site: Alex Abraham . Olympedia . OlyMADMen . October 6, 2022.