Otto Rothe
Appearance
Otto Rothe (6 November 1924 – 9 January 1970) was a German equestrian. He was born in Samonienen in East Prussia (today part of Poland). He competed in equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he won a silver medal in the team eventing, and placed eleventh in the individual contest. He competed in equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, where he won a silver medal in the team competition in eventing (along with August Lütke-Westhues and Klaus Wagner). Rothe died in a car accident in 1970.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans. "Otto Rothe Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
Categories:
- 1924 births
- 1970 deaths
- People from Gołdap
- Sportspeople from East Prussia
- Sportspeople from Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
- German male equestrians
- Equestrians at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Equestrians at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic equestrians for Germany
- Olympic equestrians for the United Team of Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for the United Team of Germany
- Olympic medalists in equestrian
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Road incident deaths in West Germany
- 20th-century German sportsmen
- German equestrian biography stubs