Joseph Heinrich von Schomacker explained

Joseph von Schomacker
Fullname:	Joseph Heinrich von Schomacker
Nationality:	Russian Empire
Birth Date:	31 May 1859
Birth Place:	Dünamünde/Daugavgrīva, Russian Empire
Death Place:	Kötzschenbroda, Germany
Classes:	10 Metre
Club:	St. Petersburg River Yacht Club^[1]
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Joseph Heinrich von Schomacker (Russian: Иосиф Андреевич Шомакер|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.^[2] The owner of the yacht was Aleksandr Vyshnegradsky, the father of the Russian composer Ivan Vyshnegradsky.^[3]

Sources

• Web site: Joseph Schomacker Bio, Stats, and Results . Olympic Sports . Sports-Reference.com . 17 September 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305164816/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/joseph-schomacker-1.html . 5 March 2016 .
• Book: Swedish Olympic Committee . The Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 – Official Report . Erik Bergvall . Erik Bergvall . Swedish Olympic Committee . 1913 . 7 February 2015. Wahlström & Widstrand . 29 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121029020214/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1912/1912.pdf . dead.

Notes and References

1. http://elib.shpl.ru/ru/nodes/11723-peterburgskiy-rechnoy-yaht-klub-imperatorskiy-rechnoy-yaht-klub-1860-1910-t-1-spb-1910#page/249/mode/inspect/zoom/6 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.
2. http://infosport.ru/person/parusnii-sport/shomaker-iosif Short info about Schomaker
3. http://spbvedomosti.ru/news/sport/rio_2016_parusnyy_nbsp_sport/ «Галлия II» собирает баллы