Joseph Heinrich von Schomacker

Russian sailor

Joseph von Schomacker

Personal information

Full name

Nationality

Russian Empire

Born

31 May 1859
Dünamünde/Daugavgrīva, Russian Empire

Died

17 July 1931(1931-07-17) (aged 72)^[2]
Kötzschenbroda, Germany

Sailing career

Class

10 Metre

Club

St. Petersburg River Yacht Club^[1]

Medal record

Sailing

Representing Russia
Olympic Games
	1912 Stockholm	10 Metre

Joseph Heinrich von Schomacker (Russian: Иосиф Андреевич Шомакер, romanized: Iosif Andreyevich Shomaker; born 31 May 1859 in Dünamünde/Daugavgrīva near Riga, Russian Empire – 17 July 1931 in Kötzschenbroda, German Empire) was a Baltic German physician, sailor and Olympic medalist. Schomacker at the 1912 Olympic Games with the Russian Empire team Gallia II won a bronze medal in sailing in the 10 Metre class.^[3] The owner of the yacht was Aleksandr Vyshnegradsky, the father of the Russian composer Ivan Vyshnegradsky.^[4]

References

^ Маршалов Н. Д., Маршалов Д. Д. 1897 // Очерки деятельности Санкт-Петербургского речного яхт-клуба за 50 лет. Императорский речной яхт-клуб 1860-1910. — СПб: Тип. М. Д. Ломковского, 1914. — Т. 1. — С. 249. — 340 с. at elib.shpl.ru (Russisan)
^ Joseph Heinrich von Schomacker at Olympedia
^ Short info about Schomaker on infosport.ru (Russian)
^ «Галлия II» собирает баллы at spbvedomosti.ru (Russian)

Sources

"Joseph Schomacker Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
Swedish Olympic Committee (1913). Erik Bergvall (ed.). The Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 – Official Report (PDF). Wahlström & Widstrand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2015.