An Olympic gold medal for aeronautics was awarded in conjunction with the 1936 Summer Olympics for the greatest aeronautic achievement in the preceding four years. The winner was Swiss pilot Hermann Schreiber,[1] who won for becoming the first person ever to fly over the Alps in a glider without motorized assistance.[2] Sources differ on which specific flight Schreiber was awarded for; Thomas Lippert of the Journal of Sports Philately stated it was on August 4, 1933,[2] while other sources report his flight taking place in 1935.[3][4][5] Schreiber received his medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.[6] Schreiber also competed in the demonstration event of gliding at that same Games.[2]
A prize for aeronautics had been considered by the International Olympic Committee as early as the 1920s,[6][7] though it remained unused until 1936. The aeronautics prize was not awarded again and was officially discontinued in 1946, along with the prize for alpinism.[2]
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^Grasso, J.; Mallon, B.; Heijmans, J. (2015). Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement. Historical Dictionaries of Sports. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 26. ISBN978-1-4422-4860-1. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
^ abcdLippert, Thomas (September 1999). "Over the Clouds: Aeronautic Achievements Focused on by Olympic and Sports Philatelists" (PDF). Journal of Sports Philately. 38 (1): 17-22. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
^Hansen, Peter (2023-03-01). "Wildest dreams of Everest and modern mountaineering". Les Sports Modernes(PDF). p. 63. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
^Borja, Elizabeth (2016-08-05). "The Year Aeronautics Was an Olympic Event". National Air and Space Museum. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
^ abKluge, Volker; Lippert, Thomas (2013). (PDF). International Society of Olympic Historians. Retrieved 2024-01-27.
^"Olympedia – Aeronautics at the 1936 Summer Olympics". Olympedia – Main Page. 1936-08-16. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
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