Josef Neckermann

Josef Neckermann
Personal information
Born 5 June 1912
Würzburg, Germany
Died 13 January 1992 (aged 79)
Dreieich, Germany
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport Equestrian
Club RV Gravenbruch, Neu-Isenburg
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
1964 TokyoTeam dressage
1960 RomeIndividual dressage
Representing  West Germany
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico CityTeam dressage
1968 Mexico CityIndividual dressage
1972 MunichTeam dressage
1972 MunichIndividual dressage
European Championships
1965 CopenhagenTeam dressage
1967 AachenTeam dressage
1969 WolfsburgTeam dressage
1971 WolfsburgTeam dressage
1971 WolfsburgIndividual dressage
1969 WolfsburgIndividual dressage

Josef Carl Peter Neckermann (5 June 1912 – 13 January 1992) was a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He won Olympic medals at four different Olympics, in 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972. Later Neckermann became a member of the West German National Olympic Committee.[1]

He was also the founder and owner of the German mail order company Neckermann AG in 1938.[2]

He benefited greatly from the Nazi forced hostile takeover of Jewish businesses, including the 1938 acquisition of Karl Amson Joel's retail business in Berlin. For that, shortly after World War II, Neckermann was sentenced to one year in a military prison[3]. In 1957 Joel got a compensation of 2 million German marks for his former company from Neckermann who ran the most successful German mail order selling company at the time.

Neckermann's daughter Eva-Maria Pracht and granddaughter Martina Pracht were also Olympic equestrians.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Josef Neckermann". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "BUSINESS ABROAD: The Mail Order King". Time. 29 February 1960.
  3. ↑ Fred Schruers (28 October 2014). Billy Joel: The Definitive Biography. Crown/Archetype. pp. 26–. ISBN 978-0-8041-4020-1.


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