Hans Freese
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Full name | Johann Heinrich Freese |
Nationality | German |
Born | Bremen, German Empire | 17 February 1918
Died | 8 July 1941 Bremen, Nazi Germany | (aged 23)
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Johann Heinrich Freese (17 February 1918 – 8 July 1941) was a German swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1] He was killed in action during the Second World War.[2]
Personal life
Free served in the German Army during the Second World War. He was severely wounded during the Siege of Leningrad, and died of his wounds in Bremen. Feldwebel in the German Army.[1]
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hans Freese". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 1941 deaths
- German male swimmers
- German male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Germany
- Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Bremen
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- German military personnel killed in World War II
- German Army soldiers of World War II
- 20th-century German people
- German swimming biography stubs