Personal information | |
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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.
He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics. [1] Rinner was a ten time national champion across four different sprint events in the 1930s. [2]
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. [3] [4] [5]
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. [6] [7] From 1945 to 1947 Rinner was interned by the Americans. [6]