Eduard Hermann (racewalker) explained

Birth Date:10 July 1887
Death Date:8 February 1960 (aged 72)
Death Place:Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
Sport:Athletics
Event:Race walking
Pb:3 kmW – 14:49.8 (1920)
10 kmW – 53:43.0 (1913)
Club:Aberg Tartu
Sport Tallinn
Show-Medals:yes

Eduard Hermann (10 July 1887 – 8 February 1960) was an Estonian race walker.[1] He competed in the 3 km and 10 km events at the 1912 and 1920 Olympics, for Russia in 1912 and for Estonia in 1920, but failed to reach the finals.

Hermann took up athletics in 1911. In 1926 he immigrated to Australia, where he worked as a farmer and died in 1960.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eduard Hermann . Olympedia . 24 April 2021.