# Erich Borchmeyer

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German sprinter (1905–2000)

Medal record Men's athletics Representing Germany Olympic Games 1932 Los Angeles 4×100 m European Championships 1934 Turin 4×100 m 1934 Turin 100 m Representing Germany Olympic Games 1936 Berlin 4 × 100 m relay

**Erich Borchmeyer** (23 January 1905 – 17 August 2000) was a German [athlete](/source/Track_and_field_athletics), who competed mainly in the [100 metres](/source/100_metres).

Borchmeyer was born in [Münster](/source/M%C3%BCnster). He competed for Germany in the [1932 Summer Olympics](/source/1932_Summer_Olympics) held in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), United States in the [4 × 100 metres relay](/source/4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay), where he won the [silver medal](/source/Silver_medal) with his teammates [Helmut Körnig](/source/Helmut_K%C3%B6rnig), [Friedrich Hendrix](/source/Friedrich_Hendrix) and [Arthur Jonath](/source/Arthur_Jonath).[1][2] He also returned for the [1936 Summer Olympics](/source/1936_Summer_Olympics) held in [Berlin](/source/Berlin), [Germany](/source/Germany), where he was the sole returnee of the 1932 team and teamed up with [Wilhelm Leichum](/source/Wilhelm_Leichum), [Erwin Gillmeister](/source/Erwin_Gillmeister) and [Gerd Hornberger](/source/Gerd_Hornberger) to win a [bronze medal](/source/Bronze_medal).

Borchmeyer committed suicide at age 95 in a retirement home in [Bielefeld](/source/Bielefeld).[3]

## Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing Germany 1934 European Championships Turin, Italy 2nd 100 m 10.7

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Erich Borchmeyer"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175536/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/erich-borchmeyer-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/erich-borchmeyer-1.html) on 2020-04-17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Erich Borchmeyer"](https://www.olympic.org/erich-borchmeyer). *Olympic.org*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Olympedia_3-0)** ["Erich Borchmeyer"](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70173). *Olympedia*. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

v t e European Athletics Championships champions in men's 4 × 100 metres relay 1934: Germany (Schein, Gillmeister, Hornberger, Borchmeyer) 1938: Germany (Kersch, Hornberger, Neckermann, Scheuring) 1946: Sweden (Danielsson, Nilsson, Laessker, Håkansson) 1950: Soviet Union (Sukharev, Kalyayev, Sanadze, Karakulov) 1954: Hungary (Zarándi, Varasdi, Csányi, Goldoványi) 1958: West Germany (Mahlendorf, Hary, Fütterer, Germar) 1962: West Germany (Ulonska, Gamper, Bender, Germar) 1966: France (Berger, Delecour, Piquemal, Bambuck) 1969: France (Sarteur, Bourbeillon, Fenouil, St.-Gilles) 1971: Czechoslovakia (Kříž, Demeč, Kynos, Bohman) 1974: France (Sainte-Rose, Arame, Cherrier, Chauvelot) 1978: Poland (Nowosz, Licznerski, Dunecki, Woronin) 1982: Soviet Union (Sokolov, Aksinin, Prokofyev, Sidorov) 1986: Soviet Union (Yevgenyev, Yuschmanov, Muravyov, Bryzhin) 1990: France (Morinière, Sangouma, Trouabal, Marie-Rose) 1994: France (Lomba, Perrot, Trouabal, Sangouma) 1998: Great Britain (Condon, Campbell, Walker, Golding) 2002: Ukraine (Vasyukov, Rurak, Dovhal, Kaydash) 2006: Great Britain (Chambers, Campbell, Devonish, Lewis-Francis) 2010: France (Vicaut, Lemaitre, Pessonneaux, Mbandjock) 2012: Netherlands (Mariano, Martina, Codrington, van Luijk) 2014: Great Britain (Gemili, Kilty, Aikines-Aryeetey, Ellington) 2016: Great Britain (Dasaolu, Gemili, Ellington, Ujah) 2018: Great Britain (Ujah, Hughes, Gemili, Aikines-Aryeetey) 2022: Great Britain (Azu, Hughes, Efoloko, Mitchell-Blake) 2024: Italy (Melluzo, Jacobs, Patta, Tortu, Rigali, Simonelli)

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