About Erich Borchmeyer
Lived 1905 – 2000 (aged 95). Erich Borchmeyer was a German athletics competitor and sprinter.
Erich Borchmeyer (23 January 1905 – 17 August 2000) was a German 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. 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.
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German athletics competitor (1905-2000)
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Erich Borchmeyer was born on 23 January 1905 in Münster.
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Erich Borchmeyer died on 17 August 2000 in Bielefeld.
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Erich Borchmeyer was an athletics competitor and sprinter.
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Erich Borchmeyer was German.
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