Heinz Sames

{{short description|German speed skater}}

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{{Infobox speed skater

| name = Heinz Sames

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| nationality = German

| sport = Speed skating

| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|7|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Berlin, German Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1943|1|29|1911|7|10|df=yes}}{{Olympedia|97123}}

| death_place = Stalingrad, Soviet Union

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Heinz Sames (10 July 1911 – 29 January 1943) was a German speed skater. He competed in four events at the 1936 Winter Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/heinz-sames-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417222504/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/heinz-sames-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Heinz Sames Olympic Results |access-date=23 October 2019}} He was killed in action during World War II in the Battle of Stalingrad.{{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 |work=Sports Reference |access-date=10 April 2020}}

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