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Gustav Wegner

German track and field athlete · Athletes · Lived 1903 to 1942 · aged 39

Gustav Wegner was a German track and field athlete who competed in the pole vault and the decathlon. He was the first ever European champion in the pole vault and the first German to clear four metres in the event.

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Awards

Cross of Merit First Class of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit1998

About this person

He was a five-time national champion at the German Athletics Championships and a stadium near Northeim was named in his honour.

Category
Athletes
Type
Athlete
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1903 to 1942 · aged 39