Alexander Gustav Abraham Steglitz (17 January 1886 – February 1971) was a German track and field athlete, born in Berlin and died in East Berlin, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912 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.[1]
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- ^ "Alex Abraham". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
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- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alexander "Alex" Abraham". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
- list of German athletes
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