Julius Lenhart

Julius Lenhart (* 27. November 1875 in Vienna; † 10. November 1962 ebenda) was Turner and of Austria most successful olympia participant.

Its first training received Lenhart in Vienna, but soon it pulled it into the distance; among other things to Munich and into Switzerland, where it started for different associations. it went to 1903 to Philadelphia, where it worked in a engine works.

By the there “German turn municipality” it became 1904 the olympic plays after pc. Louis sent. There it won 2 gold and 1 silver medal. Although it returned briefly to it to Austria, its successes in the homeland were not considered; the medals were led in the statistics long time for the USA. Only after its death 1962 Lenhart was accordingly appreciated also in Austria and the statistics was adapted.

1908 he withdrew from the active achievement sport and worked themselves in its occupation as a mechanical engineer.



 

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