Peter BISCHOFF

Peter Bischoff, brother of star class sailor Fritz Bischoff won the gold medal in the star class sailing with Hans-Joachim Weise at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. With their boat Wannsee, they won the first, third, fourth, sixth, and seventh races to capture the gold medal, clinching it after race six. This was the only sailing gold medal for Germany in Kiel, where the sailing events took place.

Bischoff studied medicine and became a physician in Berlin. He was married to opera singer Carla Spletter, a member of the Berlin Staatsoper. After World War II both moved to Hamburg. Spletter died from cancer in 1953.