Felix Rinner
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Born | 6 January 1911 |
| Died | 2 April 1976 (aged 65) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Sprinting |
| Event | 200 metres |
Felix Rinner (6 January 1911 – 2 April 1976) was an Austrian sprinter and an officer of the Austrian SS.
Biography
[edit]Rinner finished third behind Godfrey Rampling in the 440 yards event at the 1931 AAA Championships.[1][2][3]
Rinner competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[4] Rinner was a ten time national champion across four different sprint events in the 1930s.[5]
When Austria was annexed by Germany, on March 11, 1938, he led a command of 40 armed SS men who forced their way in and occupied the Austrian Federal Chancellery.[6][7][8]
In 1941 Rinner was a member of the Austrian SS (Obersturmbannführer) to the SS Panzergrenadier Division “Viking”, was Adjutant to SS leader Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903-1946, executed by hanging in Berlin for being a major perpetrator of the Holocaust), the commander of the entire Austrian SS, and was involved in the organization of the Gestapo in Austria.[9][10] From 1945 to 1947 Rinner was interned by the Americans.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletics records may be smashed today". Daily News (London). 4 July 1931. Retrieved 9 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Few AAA titles go abroad". Daily Herald. 6 July 1931. Retrieved 9 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Felix Rinner Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "Felix Rinner". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ "Trial of the Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal," Volume XXXIV. Nuremberg, 1949, pp. 1–3.
- ^ Nuremberg Court Archive
- ^ Anschluss: The Week Hitler Seized Vienna. St. Martin's Press. 1971.
- ^ a b Athletes. Felix Rinner
- ^ Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1947. p. 693.
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