# Erwin Gillmeister

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German sprinter

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Erwin Gillmeister Medal record Men's athletics Representing Germany Olympic Games 1936 Berlin 4×100 m Representing Germany European Championships 1934 Turin 4×100 m

**Erwin Gillmeister** (11 July 1907 – 26 November 1993) was a German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.

Gillmeister was born in [Thorn (Toruń)](/source/Toru%C5%84) in [West Prussia](/source/West_Prussia). He competed for Germany in the [1936 Summer Olympics](/source/1936_Summer_Olympics) held in [Berlin](/source/Berlin), [Germany](/source/Germany) in the 4 × 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his teammates [Wilhelm Leichum](/source/Wilhelm_Leichum), [Erich Borchmeyer](/source/Erich_Borchmeyer) and [Gerd Hornberger](/source/Gerd_Hornberger).[1] He died in [Munich](/source/Munich), [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Erwin GILLMEISTER - Olympic Athletics | Germany"](https://www.olympic.org/erwin-gillmeister). *International Olympic Committee*. 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2018-12-01.

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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