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
Shot put
Club
PSV Berlin
Achievements and titles
Personal best
16.60 m (1936)[1]
Medal record
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
1936 Berlin
Shot put
European Championships
1938 Paris
Shot put
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 Order Police. During World War II, he was a captain in the Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 attached to a regiment in the Waffen-SS. He was killed by partisans on 22 March 1943 near Khatyn village, after which a retaliatory mass killing of civilians took place by Schutzmannschaft and Waffen-SS soldiers.[3][4]
^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.
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...
Belarusian partisans on 22 March 1943, killing the company commander, Captain HansWoellke, and three Ukrainian members of the Battalion 118 protection team. On...
total medals still stands as a record medal tally for unified Germany. HansWoellke — Athletics, Men's Shot Put Karl Hein — Athletics, Men's Hammer Throw...
Harada Japan 15.66 m Jack Metcalfe Australia 15.50 m Shot put details HansWoellke Germany 16.20 m Sulo Bärlund Finland 16.12 m Gerhard Stöck Germany...
Rothert United States František Douda Czechoslovakia 1936 Berlin details HansWoellke Germany Sulo Bärlund Finland Gerhard Stöck Germany 1948 London details...
officers of Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118. Among the dead was Hauptmann HansWoellke, the battalion's commanding officer. Battalion 118 called for help from...
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German-born Indologist, historian (pneumonia) (b. 1890) March 22 – HansWoellke, German Olympic athlete (killed by partisans) (b. 1911) March 23 – Mervyn...
Vasya's" partisan squad near the village of Khatyn. Partisans killed HansWoellke, the hauptmann (captain) of the auxiliary police and commander of the...
Konstantin Smowski and Shudrya Company leaders First Company: Hauptmann HansWoellke (leader), Vinnitsky (deputy) Second Company: Herman (leader), Franczuk...
Rothert United States František Douda Czechoslovakia 1936 Berlin details HansWoellke Germany Sulo Bärlund Finland Gerhard Stöck Germany 1948 London details...
orientalist and translator Ellen Tiedtke (1930–2022), German actress HansWoellke (1911–1943), athlete and Waffen-SS captain Tadeusz Żuralski [pl] (1894–1940)...
out of the car, HansWoellke, the Hauptmann of the auxiliary police and commander of the battalion's first company, was killed. Woellke was well known...
Hart SAF 1933–34: Zygmunt Heljasz POL 1935–36: Aad de Bruyn NED 1937: HansWoellke GER 1938: Angiolo Profeti ITA 1939: Aad de Bruyn NED 1946–59 1946: Aad...
the LSSAH (branch: Panzertruppe) KIA 8 August 1944 311623 October 1936 HansWoellke Commander of Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118. Killed in combat on 22 March...
inductee; in Richmond, London (accidentally electrocuted, 1976) Died: HansWoellke, 32, German track athlete and 1936 Olympic gold medalist, was killed...
Tilly Fleischer 1932 Los Angeles Athletics Women's javelin throw Gold HansWoellke 1936 Berlin Athletics Men's shot put Gold Karl Hein 1936 Berlin Athletics...
Adolf Hitler congratulated German gold medalists Tilly Fleischer and HansWoellke, then invited all three Finnish medalists in the 10,000 metres to his...
details Aleksander Kreek (EST) 15.83 m CR Gerhard Stöck (GER) 15.59 m HansWoellke (GER) 15.52 m Discus throw details Willy Schröder (GER) 49.70 m Giorgio...
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