Artur Knautz
{{short description|German handball player (1911-1943)}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's field handball }}
{{MedalCountry | {{flagIOC|GER|1936 Summer}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalGold | 1936 Berlin | Team competition }}
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Artur Knautz (20 March 1911 – 1 August 1943){{Olympedia|32087}} was a German field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Daaden. He was part of the German field handball team, which won the gold medal. He played two matches including the final. He was killed in action during World War II.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=24 July 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929231401/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KNAUTART01 profile]
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Category:German male handball players
Category:Olympic handball players for Germany
Category:Field handball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Category:Olympic medalists in handball
Category:People from Altenkirchen
Category:Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Category:German military personnel killed in World War II
Category:Handball players from Rhineland-Palatinate
Category:20th-century German sportsmen
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