Heinrich Elbogen

Heinrich Elbogen (18 June 1872 – 8 December 1927) was an Austrian sports shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1]

Heinrich Elbogen
Personal information
NationalityAustrian
Born(1872-06-18)18 June 1872
Paris, France
Died8 December 1927(1927-12-08) (aged 55)
Vienna, Austria
Resting placeZentralfriedhof (also known as Vienna Central Cemetery), Wien Stadt, Vienna, A-1110 Austria
Sport
CountryAustria
SportSports shooting
Event(s)1912 Olympic Games

He was born on 18 June 1872 to a Jewish family in Paris, France, the second child and the only son of banker Guido Elbogen (1845–1918) and his wife Rosalie (Alie) (née Schwabacher; 1850–1940). Of his three sisters, one died in infancy; his youngest sister, Jenny, was a noted Esperantist.

When his father became President of the Anglo-Austrian Bank in Vienna,[2][3] the family moved to Vienna; his father also bought a country estate, Schloss Thalheim, in Lower Austria,[note 1][4] and the family spent their summers there.

He took part in the 1912 Summer Olympics at Stockholm as a member of the Austrian shooting team, which finished fourth in the team 100 metre running deer, single shots competition. In the 100 metre running deer, single shots event he finished seventh and in the 100 metre running deer, double shots competition he finished 16th.[5]

In 1916, while serving with the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War, Elbogen was taken prisoner by the Russians and kept in captivity in Siberia. He returned to Thalheim four years later, exhausted from having made a very long journey home, much of it on foot.

He died in Vienna on 8 December 1927, aged 55, and is buried at Vienna Central Cemetery.

Notes
  1. Schloss Thalheim is in the village of Thalheim (Kapelln), today a part of Kapelln, Sankt Pölten-Land District; See de:Liste der denkmalgeschützten Objekte in Kapelln#Denkmäler, Jakob Prandtauer. After restoration it reopened in 2016 as a luxury hotel.

References
  1. "Heinrich Elbogen". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. Kanner, Siegmund (1898). 10.4 Guido Elbogen. Das Lotto in Österreich. Ein Beitrag zur Finanzgeschictite Österreichs (The Lotto in Austria, a contribution to the financial history of Austria). Strasbourg: Kaiser Wilhelm University of Strasbourg. p. 86.
  3. Nagel, Bernhard; Nautz, Jürgen P (1999). Nationale Konflikte und monetäre Einheit: ein Plädoyer für die Währungsunion (in German). Vienna: Passagen Verlag. p. 92.
  4. Milchram, Gerhard (7 January 2019). "Schloss Thalheim bei Böheimkirchen". Kexicon der Ostereichischen Provenienz Forschung. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  5. "Heinrich Elbogen at the Olympic". Olympian Database. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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