Fritz Schilgen
Fritz Schilgen | |
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Died | 12 September 2005 | (aged 99)
Occupation | Athlete |
Fritz Schilgen (8 September 1906 – 12 September 2005)
Biography
Schilgen was born in 1906 in
On 21 March 1936, he married Ursula Gerlach. They had five children: Walter, Regine, Sibylle, Michael and Horst.
Schilgen was chosen by the organizers of the relay as a "symbol of German sporting youth"
Schilgen's involvement in the Olympics continued after the 1936 Games. After the Second World War he was a consultant to the Olympic Committee. He helped to plan the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. At the age of 90, Schilgen participated as a torchbearer again before the 1996 Summer Olympics.[5] The 1996 Games celebrated the centennial of the modern Olympic Games, and Schilgen had the honour of lighting the cauldron in Berlin's Olympic Stadium once again. Schilgen died in Kronberg in 2005 at the age of 99.
See also
- Olympics portal
References
- The Olympic Museum (2007), The Olympic Flame and Torch Relay (PDF) (2nd ed.), The Olympic Museum, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2009
- "Berlin 1936 Olympic torch bearer Schilgen dies.", RedOrbit, 20 September 2005
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ignored (help) - Schwenk, Gustav (18 September 2005), "Fritz Schilgen made Olympic history – the final runner of the Olympic torch relay in Berlin 1936.", SCC Running, Sports News, archived from the original on 10 November 2007
- sport-komplett.de, Leichtathletik - Deutsche Meisterschaften (1500m - Herren) (in German), retrieved 1 May 2009
- TK (12 June 1998), "Olympisches Feuer flackert in Berlin.", Rhein-Zeitung Online (in German)