Peter Kohnke
German sport shooter
Enrico Forcella (bronze, aged 52) and Peter Kohnke (gold, aged 18) at the 1960 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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Nickname | Pompon | |||||||||||
Born | (1941-10-09)9 October 1941 Königsberg, East Prussia, Nazi Germany | |||||||||||
Died | 3 April 1975(1975-04-03) (aged 33) Bremervörde, West Germany | |||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||
Club | SG Bremervörde | |||||||||||
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Peter Kohnke (9 October 1941 – 3 April 1975) was a German sports shooter. He won a gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[1] He also competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He died in a traffic accident, aged 33.
References
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- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Kohnke". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
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Olympic champions in men's 50 metre rifle prone
- 1912: Frederick Hird (USA)
- 1932: Bertil Rönnmark (SWE)
- 1936: Willy Røgeberg (NOR)
- 1948: Arthur Cook (USA)
- 1952: Iosif Sîrbu (ROU)
- 1956: Gerald Ouellette (CAN)
- 1960: Peter Kohnke (EUA)
- 1964: László Hammerl (HUN)
- 1968: Jan Kůrka (TCH)
- 1972: Ri Ho-jun (PRK)
- 1976: Karlheinz Smieszek (FRG)
- 1980: Károly Varga (HUN)
- 1984: Edward Etzel (USA)
- 1988: Miroslav Varga (TCH)
- 1992: Lee Eun-chul (KOR)
- 1996: Christian Klees (GER)
- 2000: Jonas Edman (SWE)
- 2004: Matthew Emmons (USA)
- 2008: Artur Ayvazyan (UKR)
- 2012: Sergei Martynov (BLR)
- 2016: Henri Junghänel (GER)
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