Sport Athletics Role Olympic athlete Club PSV Berlin Height 1.78 m | Personal best(s) 16.60 m (1936) Weight 105 kg Name Hans Woellke Events Shot put | |
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Born 18 February 1911 Bischofsburg, Germany Died March 26, 1943, Lahoysk Raion, Belarus Gold medals Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put | ||
Hans-Otto Woellke (born 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.
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.
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