Carl August Berthold Schuhmann (1869 - 1946)

Carl Schuhmann is Notable.

Biography

Carl Schuhmann was a German athlete who competed in 4 different sports in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He was part of the German Olympic Gymnastics Team and took gold in the vault and the team parallel bars and horizontal bars. He won another gold medal in Greco-Roman Wrestling. He also took part in weightlifting (4th place), triple jump (5th place), long jump and shot put. He was the most successful athlete at the Athens Games, and until today is one of only three athletes who competed in 4 different sports at the same Olympics.^[1][2][3][4]

• most successful athlete of the 1896 Olympics^[5]
• 26 when completed in 1896 Olympics (first modern Olympics)^[6][7] - and the most successful of 6 athletes who have competed in four Olympic Sports^[8][7]
• Died in Berlin, Germany - tomb reads "Germany's first Olympic Champion"^[7]

Olympics

• 1896 x4 GOLD medals:
  • GOLDs in team (gymnastics) - horizontal bar & parallel bars^[6][7]
  • GOLD in individual (gymnastics) vault^[6][7]
  • GOLD in Greco-Roman wrestling - conducted one evening, halted due to waning light, and resumed the next day^[6][7]
• competed in weightlifting^[6][9][7] (4th place)^[7]
• competed in athletics^[9][7] / track & field (long jump, triple jump (5th place)^[7], and shot put) - didn't place^[6]
• "most successful athlete at the inaugural Olympics of the modern era"^[10]
• Medal Ceremony: "...there was particularly enthusiastic applause for Germany’s athlete Carl Schuhmann, winner of four titles in Athens and who according to The Times’ correspondent was “a favourite with the crowd”."^[11]
• 1908 games, his student, Otto Bauscher, represented Great Britain^[9]
• 1936 part of the gymnastics expedition & tribute in the Olympic Stadium^[9]

Family

Karl August Berthold Schuhmann was born on 12 Mai 1869 in Münster, the son of Stabs-Trompeter August Schuhmann and Bertha (Gillen) Schuhmann.^[12] He married Luise Charlotte Wittzang on 20 May 1899 in Berlin. At the time of his marriage he was living in London. ^[13] Karl and Luise had at least five children together:

1. Charlotte Schuhmann (b. c1900 in London)^[14][15]
2. Herbert Carl Heinrich Schuhmann (b. 11 Jul 1901 in Berlin)^[16][15]
3. Curt Schuhmann (b. c1903 in London)^[15]
4. Carl Schuhmann (b. c1905 in London)^[15]
5. Rudolf Max Ernst Schuhmann (b. 26 Feb 1906 in Hornsey, bp. 12 Aug 1906)^[17][15]
6. Else Martha Louise Schuhmann (b. 13 Apr 1912 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, bp. 10 Nov 1912 in Hornsey)^[18][19]

In 1901, Karl was a gymnastics instructor living in Hornsey, Middlesex, England with his wife Luise and their one year old daughter Charlotte. ^[14]

In 1911 he was still a gymnastics instructor, living in Hornsey with Luise, their five children and a 32 year old boarder named Wilhelm Hocke. ^[15]

He died on 24 Mar 1946 and was buried at Waldfriedhof Heerstrasse in Charlottenburg, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin.

Carl was mentioned on a memorial in Waldfriedhof Heerstrasse, Charlottenburg, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany with a death date of 24 March 1946.^[20]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schuhmann
2. ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/carl-schuhmann-1.html
3. ↑ https://www.olympic.org/carl-schuhmann
4. ↑ Wallechinsky, David; Loucky, Jaime. The Complete Book of The Olympics 2012 Edition. Aurum Press, London, 2012
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #13886681, retrieved 22 Oct 2017
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5} Wilson, Tracey V., Holly Frey. "Live at the DMA: Pierre de Coubertin and the Modern Olympics." Stuff You Missed in History Class (podcast). 14 Sept 2016. How Stuff Works.com (Web). 2016
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9} Olympic.org: "FOUR TITLES FOR MULTI-TALENTED SCHUHMANN", accessed 27 Sept 2016
8. ↑ Olympic.org: Carl Schuhmann, accessed 27 Sept 2016 (with picture)
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} SR/Olympic Sports: Carl Schuhmann, accessed 27 Sept 2016
10. ↑ Wikipedia: Carl Schuhmann, accessed 27 Sept 2016
11. ↑ Olympic.org: "ATHENS 1896 POSTSCRIPT", accessed 27 Sept 2016
12. ↑ Church book Münster, Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evangelischen Kirche von Westfalen / Kirchenbücher der Garnisonen und Militärgemeinden / Münster / Taufen,Beerdigungen,Konfirmationen 1869-1885,Trauungen 1869-1886 Archion image 5
13. ↑ Marriage: "Berlin, Germany, Marriages, 1874-1936"
    Landesarchiv Berlin; Berlin, Deutschland; Personenstandsregister Heiratsregister; Certificate Number: 541
    Ancestry Record 2957 #93102152 (accessed 1 December 2023)
    Karl August Berthold Schuhmann (30) marriage to Luise Charlotte Wittzang on 20 May 1899 in Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland (Germany).
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} 1901 Census: "1901 England Census"
    Class: RG13; Piece: 1238; Folio: 63; Page: 15; ED, institution, or vessel: 09; Household schedule number: 89
    Ancestry Record 7814 #7197085 (accessed 1 December 2023)
    Carl Schuhmann (32) head of household in Hornsey in Edmonton registration district in Middlesex, England. Born in German Subject, Germany.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5} 1911 Census: "1911 England Census"
    The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911; Registration District Number: 132; ED, institution, or vessel: 01; Piece: 7193
    Ancestry Record 2352 #40102857 (accessed 1 December 2023)
    Carl Schuhmann (41), married, Instructor Of Gymnastic, head of household at 35 Burgoyne Road, Finsbury Park, Harringay N, Hornsey, Middlesex, England. Born in Germany.
16. ↑ Birth of son Herbert Carl Heinrich Schuhmann: "Berlin, Germany, Births, 1874-1908"
    Landesarchiv Berlin; Berlin, Deutschland; Personenstandsregister Geburtsregister; Laufendenummer: 925; Certificate Number: 1042
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5753 #18715274 (accessed 1 December 2023)
    Herbert Carl Heinrich Schuhmann born to Karl August Berthold Schuhmann and Luise Charlotte Schuhmann on 11 Juli 1901 in Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland (Germany).
17. ↑ Baptism of child Rudolf Max Ernst Schuhmann: "London, England, Non-conformist Registers, 1694-1931"
    London Metropolitan Archives; Clerkenwell, London, England; Reference Code: ACC/2622/002; Microfilm Reference: X099/294
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1906 #1060135 (accessed 1 December 2023)
    Karl August Berthold Schuhmann's child Rudolf Max Ernst Schuhmann baptism on 26 Feb 1906 in Hackney, London, England.
18. ↑ "London, England, Non-conformist Registers, 1694-1931"
    London Metropolitan Archives; Clerkenwell, London, England; Reference Code: ACC/2622/002; Microfilm Reference: X099/294
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1906 #133316 (accessed 3 December 2023)
    Else Martha Louise Schuhmann baptism on 10 Nov 1912 (born 13 Apr 1912), daughter of Karl August Berthold Schuhmann & Luise Charlotte Wittzang, in Hackney, London, England.
19. ↑ "England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915"
    Original data: England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office; Volume: 3a; Page: 914
    Ancestry Record 8912 #48860518 (accessed 3 December 2023)
    Else M L Schuhmann birth registered Apr-May-Jun 1912 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, child of Witzang.
20. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
    Find A Grave: Memorial #13886681 (accessed 2 December 2023)
    Memorial page for Carl Schuhmann (12 May 1869-24 Mar 1946), citing Waldfriedhof Heerstrasse, Charlottenburg, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany (plot: II-W7-48); Maintained by Find a Grave.

• https://web.archive.org/web/20160930205252/https://www.olympic.org/news/news/2015/05/18/21/17/06/four%20titles%20for%20multi-talented%20schuhmann

• Olympic.org: "Raising the Olympic Bar" - Britain’s first Olympic gold, accessed 27 Sept 2016

• Wikidata: Item Q156182, en:Wikipedia