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| Full name | Joseph Heinrich von Schomacker | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Russian Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 May 1859 Dünamünde/Daugavgrīva, Russian Empire | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 July 1931(1931-07-17) (aged 72) Kötzschenbroda, Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
| Class | 10 Metre | ||||||||||||||
| Club | St. Petersburg River Yacht Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joseph Heinrich von Schomacker (Russian: Иосиф Андреевич Шомакер, romanized: Iosif Andreyevich Shomaker; born 31 May 1859 in Dünamünde/Daugavgrīva near Riga, Russian Empire – 17 July 1931 in Kötzschenbroda, German Empire) was a Baltic German physician, sailor and Olympic medalist. Schomacker at the 1912 Olympic Games with the Russian Empire team Gallia II won a bronze medal in sailing in the 10 Metre class. The owner of the yacht was Aleksandr Vyshnegradsky, the father of the Russian composer Ivan Vyshnegradsky.
References
- Маршалов Н. Д., Маршалов Д. Д. 1897 // Очерки деятельности Санкт-Петербургского речного яхт-клуба за 50 лет. Императорский речной яхт-клуб 1860-1910. — СПб: Тип. М. Д. Ломковского, 1914. — Т. 1. — С. 249. — 340 с. at elib.shpl.ru (Russisan)
- Joseph Heinrich von Schomacker at Olympedia (archive)
- Short info about Schomaker on infosport.ru (Russian)
- «Галлия II» собирает баллы at spbvedomosti.ru (Russian)
Sources
- "Joseph Schomacker Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- Swedish Olympic Committee (1913). Erik Bergvall (ed.). The Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 – Official Report (PDF). Wahlström & Widstrand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2015.