Bruno Julius WAGNER

Швейцария
Швейцария
Легкая атлетикаЛегкая атлетика
Выступления2
ДебютЛондон-1908
Год рождения1882

Биография

Julius Wagner was a native German. In 1906 he competed for Germany at the Athina Olympics. The same year he married a Swiss woman and gained Swiss nationality. In 1908 and 1912 he then represented Switzerland at the Olympics. In 1906 he participated in seven athletics disciplines, tug-of-war (winning gold) and three gymnastics disciplines. He competed in the hammer throw in 1908 and the pentathlon in 1912.

Wagner worked as a publisher and wrote books about each Olympic Games from 1912-48. In his era he was one of the world’s best-known sports historians. He was co-founder of the Swiss NOC (Schweizerisches Olympisches Comitee) in 1912 and was a board member until 1942. In 1920 he was among the founders of the Zurich newspaper Sport. Wagner also served as a member of the Organizing Committee of the 1928 St. Moritz Winter Olympics. From 1912-15 he was president of the Swiss Football Association.

Personal Best: 100 – unknown; LJ – unknown; SP – 12.10 (1098); HT – unknown.

Олимпийские результаты

Athlete Olympic Results Content

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