František Getreuer (18 December 1906 – 6 February 1945) was a Czech national champion swimmer and Olympic water polo player.[2] He was murdered in Dachau concentration camp.
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| Nationality | Czech | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 December 1906 | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 February 1945 (aged 38) Dachau concentration camp, Nazi Germany[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Prague | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||||||||
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Biography edit
Getreuer competed in the men's tournament at the 1928 Summer Olympics, coming in 9th with the Czechoslovak water polo team.[3][4][5][6]
He won the gold medal in the 400m freestyle in the Third Slavic Swimming Championship in Warsaw, Poland, in 1929. In the 1930 Czechoslovak Championship held, Getreuer won gold medals in the 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 1,500m freestyle, and 4x200-meter freestyle relay.[7]
At the 1935 Maccabiah Games in Mandatory Palestine, Getreuer won gold medals in the 400m freestyle and the 1,500m freestyle, as well as a team gold meal in water polo.[8][9]
Getreuer was Jewish.[2] He lived in Prague, and was deported to Terezín concentration camp on 12 April 1941.[10] He was later transported from Terezín to Auschwitz concentration camp on 28 September 1944.[10]
He was murdered on 6 February 1945, at 38 years of age, in Dachau concentration camp, in Bayern, Germany.[10]
References edit
- ^ "František Getreuer | Database of victims | Holocaust". www.holocaust.cz.
- ^ a b Jan Stumbauer (2010). "The Contribution to the History of the Jewish Sports in Czechoslovakia in the Years 1918–1939"
- ^ "František Getreuer", Olympics.com
- ^ František Getreuer at Olympedia
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ Nigel McCrery (2021). The Undying Flame; Olympians Who Perished in the Second World War
- ^ הירדן, 7 אפריל 1935 — מסביב למונביר? השניה
- ^ "Maccabiah Games before World War II". sport-record.de.
- ^ דאר היום, 17 מאי 1935 — ןן הישגי ה"מכביה" השניה כתבה
- ^ a b c "František Getreuer". Olympedia.
External links edit
- František Getreuer at Olympedia
- František Getreuer at the Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech)
