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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1869-05-12 ) 12 May 1869, Münster , Westphalia , Kingdom of Prussia , North German Confederation
- Died
- 24 March 1946 (1946-03-24) (aged 76), Charlottenburg , Berlin , Allied-occupied Germany
- Discipline
- Men's artistic gymnastics
- Country represented
- Germany
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Carl
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Münster
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- goldsmith
- Languages spoken
- German
- Sport
- artistic gymnastics
- Country for sport
- German Empire
- Mass
- 71
- Image
- Schuhmann cavallo atene 1896.jpg
- Height
- 175
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- Commons category
- Carl Schuhmann
- date of birth
- 1869-05-12
- date of death
- 1946-03-24
- sports discipline competed in
- long jump
- place of burial
- Friedhof Heerstraße
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Encyclopedic overview
Carl August Berthold Schuhmann (12 May 1869 – 24 March 1946) was a German athlete who won four Olympic titles in gymnastics and wrestling at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, becoming the most successful athlete at the inaugural Olympics of the modern era. He also competed in weightlifting.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carl Schuhmann” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.