Erhard Mayke Was a German speed skater and competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics

1928 Winter Olympics

The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 11–19, 1928 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The 1928 Games were the first true Winter Olympics held on its own as they were not in conjunction with a Summer Olympics...

hosted in St moritz Switzerland

St. Moritz

St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden...

, he also competed in the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men

World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men

The International Skating Union has organised the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men since 1893. Unofficial Championships were held in the years 1889-1892.-History:-Distances used:...

 in the

same year 1928 hosted in Davos

Davos

Davos is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,248 . Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range...

. Career personal bests were: 500 – 48.4 (1928); 1500 – 2:37.6 (1928),

5000 – 9:20.0 (1928); 10000 – 19:01.6 (1928). Also
having a second appearance at the Olympics 1936 in Germany where he was one of

the timekeepers in speed skating.

Background and family

Following his birth in 1896 the family lived in a town called Konitz in Poland, they then moved to live in Berlin in 1900. Settling there for the long term, living in Schöneberg in Spichan Strasse. His Father studied garden design and started to work from Berlin it was preferential because of its more central location.
Erhard was married twice. Though his long term wife was Luise Placke, from Osnabrück.

During 1st and 2nd World War

He was a soldier of the cavalry in the Prussian army. He loved horses, wounded in 1916 when he was 20, during the 1st world war nearly losing his left arm. Always then having a hole in the left shoulder he worked after the war in a coffee roasting shop.

External links

• Profile at sports-reference.com