Hans Otto Woellke (born 18 February 1911 in Bischofsburg, Ermland – 22 March 1943 in Guba near Minsk, Belarus) was a German athlete who mainly competed in the shot put, who won the gold medal in the men's shot put competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
Hans Woellke was in the Berlin Police force. During World War II, he was a Captain in the Security Police attached to a regiment in the Waffen SS. His grave can be found in the Minsk Cemetery. (Moscow Street, Grave 28, Row 22, West Side). He was killed by partisans on 22 March 1943 near Khatyn village which caused mass killing of inhabitants of Khatyn (149 people killed).
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Olympic Champions in Men's Shot Put
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- 1896: Robert Garrett (USA)
- 1900: Richard Sheldon (USA)
- 1904: Ralph Rose (USA)
- 1908: Ralph Rose (USA)
- 1912: Pat McDonald (USA)
- 1920: Ville Pörhölä (FIN)
- 1924: Bud Houser (USA)
- 1928: John Kuck (USA)
- 1932: Leo Sexton (USA)
- 1936: Hans Woellke (GER)
- 1948: Wilbur Thompson (USA)
- 1952: Parry O'Brien (USA)
- 1956: Parry O'Brien (USA)
- 1960: Bill Nieder (USA)
- 1964: Dallas Long (USA)
- 1968: Randy Matson (USA)
- 1972: Władysław Komar (POL)
- 1976: Udo Beyer (GDR)
- 1980: Vladimir Kiselyov (URS)
- 1984: Alessandro Andrei (ITA)
- 1988: Ulf Timmermann (GDR)
- 1992: Mike Stulce (USA)
- 1996: Randy Barnes (USA)
- 2000: Arsi Harju (FIN)
- 2004:
Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR)
- 2008: Tomasz Majewski (POL)
- 2012: Tomasz Majewski (POL)
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British National Championship (3A's) winners in Men's Shot Put Throw
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| 1876-1914 |
- 1880: William Winthrop
- 1881: Maurice Davin (IRE)
- 1882: George Ross
- 1883-84: Owen Harte (IRE)
- 1885: Donald McKinnon
- 1886-87: James Mitchell (IRE)
- 1888: George Gray CAN
- 1889: William Barry (IRE) & R.A. Greene
- 1890: R.A. Greene
- 1891-92: William Barry (IRE)
- 1893-99: Denis Horgan (IRE)
- 1900: Richard Sheldon USA
- 1901-02: Wesley Coe USA
- 1903: Tom Nicolson
- 1904-05: Denis Horgan (IRE)
- 1906-07: Tom Kirkwood
- 1908-10: Denis Horgan (IRE)
- 1911: John Barrett (IRE)
- 1912: Denis Horgan (IRE)
- 1913: Einar Nilsson SWE
- 1914: Armas Taipale FIN
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| 1919-1939 |
- 1919: Bertil Jansson SWE
- 1920: Raoul Paoli FRA
- 1921: Bertil Jansson SWE
- 1922: Ville Pörhölä FIN
- 1923: John Barrett IRL
- 1924: Reginald "Rex" Woods
- 1925: Herb Schwarze USA
- 1926: Reginald "Rex" Woods
- 1927: Georg Brechenmacher GER
- 1928: Édouard Duhour FRA
- 1929: József Darányi HUN
- 1930: Jules Noël FRA
- 1931: József Darányi HUN
- 1932: Harry Hart SAF
- 1933-34: Zygmunt Heljasz POL
- 1935-36: Aad de Bruyn NED
- 1937: Hans Woellke GER
- 1938: Angiolo Profeti ITA
- 1939: Aad de Bruyn NED
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| 1946-1959 |
- 1946: Aad de Bruyn NED
- 1947-48: David Guiney IRL
- 1949: John Giles
- 1950: Petar Šarčević YUG
- 1951: Gunnar Huseby ISL
- 1952-54: John Savidge
- 1955-56: Barclay Palmer
- 1957-59: Arthur Rowe
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| 1960-present |
- 1960-61: Arthur Rowe
- 1962: Jay Silvester USA
- 1963: Mike Lindsay
- 1964-65: Vilmos Varjú HUN
- 1966: Jan Botha RSA
- 1967: Dawid Booysen RSA
- 1968-69: Jeff Teale
- 1970-71: Les Mills NZL
- 1972-73: Geoff Capes
- 1974: Al Feuerbach USA
- 1975-79: Geoff Capes
- 1980: Brian Oldfield USA
- 1981-82: Mike Winch
- 1983: Mike Carter USA
- 1984: Mike Winch
- 1985-86: Billy Cole
- 1987: Paul Edwards
- 1988-89: Simon Williams
- 1990-92: Paul Edwards
- 1993: Matt Simson
- 1994: Paul Edwards
- 1995: Mark Proctor
- 1996: Matt Simson
- 1997: Steph Hayward
- 1998-99: Mark Proctor
- 2000: Steph Hayward
- 2001-02: Mark Proctor
- 2003-10: Carl Myerscough
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Woellke, Hans |
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| Short description |
German shot putter |
| Date of birth |
1911 |
| Place of birth |
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| Date of death |
1943 |
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