Hans Woellke

Woellke at the 1936 Olympics
Personal information
Born	18 February 1911 Bischofsburg , German Empire
Died	22 March 1943 (aged 32) near Khatyn , Byelorussian SSR , Soviet Union
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put
Club	PSV Berlin
Achievements and titles
Personal best	16.60 m (1936) [1]
Medal record Representing Germany Olympic Games 1936 Berlin Shot put European Championships 1938 Paris Shot put

Hans-Otto Woellke (18 February 1911 ? 22 March 1943) was a German shot putter , who won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1938 European Championships. ^[2]

Woellke served with the Order Police . During World War II , he was a captain in the Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 attached to a regiment in the Waffen-SS . He was killed by partisans on 22 March 1943 near Khatyn village, after which a retaliatory mass killing of civilians took place by Schutzmannschaft and Waffen-SS soldiers. ^{[3] [4]}

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