Erich Borchmeyer

{{Short description|German sprinter (1905–2000)}} {{MedalTableTop|name=no|medals= {{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|athletics]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{flagicon|GER|Weimar}} Germany}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]] | [[Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1934 European Athletics Championships|1934 Turin]]|[[1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m]]}} {{MedalSilver|1934 Turin|[[1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{flagicon|GER|Nazi}} Germany}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalBronze| [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]] | [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 m relay]]}} }}

'''Erich Borchmeyer''' (23 January 1905 – 17 August 2000) was a German [[Track and field athletics|athlete]], who competed mainly in the [[100 metres]].

Borchmeyer was born in [[Münster]]. He competed for Germany in the [[1932 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Los Angeles]], United States in the [[4 × 100 metres relay]], where he won the [[silver medal]] with his teammates [[Helmut Körnig]], [[Friedrich Hendrix]] and [[Arthur Jonath]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/erich-borchmeyer-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175536/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/erich-borchmeyer-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Erich Borchmeyer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/erich-borchmeyer |title=Erich Borchmeyer |website=Olympic.org}}</ref> He also returned for the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]], where he was the sole returnee of the 1932 team and teamed up with [[Wilhelm Leichum]], [[Erwin Gillmeister]] and [[Gerd Hornberger]] to win a [[bronze medal]].

Borchmeyer committed suicide at age 95 in a retirement home in [[Bielefeld]].<ref name="Olympedia">{{Cite web |title=Erich Borchmeyer |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70173 |access-date=20 January 2021 |website=Olympedia}}</ref>

==Competition record== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{flagicon|GER|Nazi}} Germany |- |1934 |[[1934 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] |[[Turin, Italy]] |2nd |100 m |[[1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres|10.7]] |}

== References == {{reflist|2}} {{Footer European Champions 4x100 m Men}}

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