Benno Wandolleck

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameBenno Edwin Julius•Wandolleck
Used nameBenno•Wandolleck
Born18 April 1864 in Gdańsk, Pomorskie (POL)
Died1930
NOC Germany

Biography

German sports shooter Benno Wandolleck finished seventh in team dueling pistol at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. By profession he was a zoologist who worked at the Zoological and Anthropologic-Ethnographic Museum in Dresden. He also had an extensive interest in photography and firearms. Wandolleck owned one of the biggest handgun collections in Germany at the time. As a professor he examined the weapons famous German author Karl May described in his Winnetou novels.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1912 Summer Olympics Shooting GER Benno Wandolleck
Dueling Pistol, 30 metres, Team, Men (Olympic) Germany 7