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Gluck ended the relationship with Spry and held a bonfire of personal letters, diaries and paintings at Bolton House. [1] One of Gluck's best-known paintings, Medallion, is a dual portrait of Gluck and Nesta Obermer, inspired by a night in 1936 when the lovers attended a Fritz Busch production of Mozart's Don Giovanni. [9]
[14] [15] [16] During this same period, Sawyer's relationship with Gluck intensified. On 25 May 1936, Gluck confided to their diary that the two were married, had exchanged rings, and the date became their anniversary. [3] Their affair lasted until 1944 and was marked by the creation of Medallion, which Gluck called the YouWe Picture.
The Society of Medalists was the longest running art medal collector's organization in the United States and released 129 regular issues on a twice yearly basis from 1930 to 1995, as well as special issues marking the Society's 20th, 40th, and 50th anniversaries and the United States Bicentennial in 1976.
He took the lead, lost it on the backstretch, but regained it on the final turn and won the gold medal. [ 5 ] During a career that was curtailed by World War II , Woodruff won one Amateur Athletic Union title in 800 meter in 1937 and won both 440 yd (400 m) and 880 yd (800 m) IC4A titles from 1937 to 1939.
Matti Lähde, a member of Finland's gold medal-winning team in the cross-country 4 × 10 km relay. The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known by the International Olympic Committee as the IV Olympic Winter Games, [1] were a multi-sport event held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from February 6 through February 16, 1936.
The 1936 Games had 3,963 athletes from 49 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participating in a total of 129 events in 19 sports. This was the highest number of nations represented at any Games to date. [3] Athletes from 32 NOCs won medals, of which 21 secured at least one gold medal. As a result, 17 NOCs were left without any medal.
Joe Cephis Fortenberry (April 1, 1911 – June 3, 1993) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was a captain of the American basketball team, which won the gold medal in the first Olympics to include basketball.
Pages in category "Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 825 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .