Vincent Duncker

Vincenz Duncker ( born November 9, 1884 in Wepener, Orange Free State, South Africa, † after 1908 ) is a former German track and field athlete and medal winner at the Olympic Games, which in the interludes in Athens won the bronze medal in the 110- meter hurdles in 1906.

Vincenz Duncker had one in Germany (Schleswig -Holstein) born father, who emigrated to South Africa where Vincent was born. After the Second Boer War in 1902, the family returned to Germany. The fact that the father in Dresden, the city charter was granted, and he was automatically his son Vincenz German citizenship. 1908 moved Vincenz Duncker back to South Africa and became a professional runner. After that, probably from discontent over this decision, the widespread assertion in the former public Duncker would have. , Under the false claim that he was a German citizen, smuggled into the German team for the 1906 Games

Duncker, in Germany a member of the BC Mittweida, won three times in a row from 1905 to 1907 the German championship in the 110- meter hurdles.

South Africa had reported Duncker for the Olympic Summer Games 1908 in London for 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 110 m hurdles, 400 -meter hurdles and a squadron. However, it is not certain whether he actually traveled to London for the Games, as it appears in any list.

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