Hermann Wilker

Hermann Wilker ( born July 24, 1874 in Flomersheim, † December 28, 1941 ) was a German rower of the Ludwigshafen Rowing Club and Olympic champion.

Life

Hermann Wilker came as one of two sons in Flomersheim in Frankenthal (Pfalz ) to the world, his parents were working there as a teacher. After the early death of his parents epidemic in 1881 he came to relatives in Gönnheim, his brother in the southern Palatinate region. Later he attended the Latin school until graduation in Frankenthal. After teaching degree he got an office in Mundenheim at Ludwigshafen / Rhein and joined the local rowing club at.

International success

In the international regatta in 1900, on the occasion of the World Exhibition in Paris, Ludwig Ruderverein shall also appoint a boat. Hermann Wilker rowing here together with Ernst skins, Carl Lehle, Otto Fickeisen and helmsman Franz Kröwerath in the men's four with coxswain. Since at the same time held the Olympic Games in Paris, is the race to the first Olympic regatta. After victories in heats of four of the Ludwigshafen Rowing Club finished third behind Germania Hamburg and Roubaix (France).

Together with Albert Arnheiter, Rudolf Fickeisen, Otto Fickeisen and helmsman Otto Maier won Hermann Wilker 1912 at the Olympic Games in Stockholm gold in coxed four. Thus, the team won the first Olympic gold medal for the German Rowing Association.

Hermann Wilker took part in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin as a referee. Until his death he was engaged in rowing.