Gerhard Stöck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Gerhard Stöck

German shot putter and javelin thrower

Date of Birth: 28-Jul-1911

Place of Birth: Trzcianka, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 29-Mar-1985

Profession: javelin thrower

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Gerhard Stöck

  • Gerhard Karl Eduard Stöck (28 July 1911 – 29 March 1985) was a German athlete.
  • He won the javelin throw event at the 1936 Olympics and placed third in the shot put. Stöck was the son of a butcher.
  • He was born in Kaiserswalde in 1911, a small village now located in Poland, and grew up in the Province of Posen.
  • He was a versatile athlete and, besides throwing events, competed in decathlon and won the javelin and pentathlon events at the 1935 World Student Games.
  • Domestically, he won the German javelin title in 1938 and placed second in 1933–1947.
  • He never won the German shot put title, due to a strong competition from Hans Woellke, and placed second four times.
  • At the 1938 European Championships, Stöck won a silver medal in the shot put, surprisingly beating Woellke, but placed only seventh in the javelin throw.Stöck had a degree in philology and, since 1938, worked as a teacher.
  • Earlier in 1933, he became a member of the Nazi paramilitary organization, Sturmabteilung, and, in 1944, was promoted to Sturmbannführer.
  • After World War II, he continued competing until the early 1950s and then worked as a sports administrator.
  • He served as chef de mission of the Unified German Olympic team in 1956 and 1960 and as deputy chef de mission in 1964.
  • His past military activity was raised only after his death in 1985.
  • Among other things, it was found that he falsified his birth year from 1911 to 1910.Stöck was married and raised an athletic family.
  • His daughter, Jutta Stöck, became an Olympic sprinter, while his son-in-law, Peter Hertel, was a 1966 world champion in rowing.
  • His grandson, Ole Hertel, was a competitive shot putter and discus thrower.

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