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Josef Neckermann
Personal information
Birth name	Josef Carl Peter Neckermann
Born	5 June 1912; Würzburg, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
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
Equestrian
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
Representing West Germany
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships

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]

Biography

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 West German marks for his former company from Neckermann who ran the most successful German mail order selling company at the time.

Family

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Josef Neckermann". SR/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
^ "BUSINESS ABROAD: The Mail Order King". Time. 29 February 1960. Archived from the original on 1 March 2010.
^ Fred Schruers (28 October 2014). Billy Joel: The Definitive Biography. Crown/Archetype. pp. 26–. ISBN 978-0-8041-4020-1.