Popular As	Gerhard Stöck
Occupation
Age	74 years old
Zodiac Sign	Leo
Born	July 28, 1911 (Brandenburg, Germany)
Birthday	July 28
Town/City	Brandenburg, Germany
Nationality	Germany

🌙 Zodiac

Gerhard Stöck’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Gerhard Stöck was born in the Year of the Pig. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Pig are extremely nice, good-mannered and tasteful. They’re perfectionists who enjoy finer things but are not perceived as snobs. They enjoy helping others and are good companions until someone close crosses them, then look out! They’re intelligent, always seeking more knowledge, and exclusive. Compatible with Rabbit or Goat.

Gerhard Karl Edward Stock was born on July 28, 1911 in Kaiserswalde, Brandenburg, Germany. The son of a butcher, Stock grew up in the Province of Posen. A versatile athlete, Gerhard was a three-time World Student Games champion: He won both the men's javelin throw and pentathlon in 1935 and the men's shot put in 1939.

Stock's other notable athletic accomplishments include winning the bronze medal in the men's shot put and the gold medal in the men's javelin throw at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany; placing second in shot put and seventh in the javelin throw at the 1938 European Championships; winning the domestic German title in the javelin throw in 1938; and placing second in the German men's javelin throw from 1933 to 1947.

Gerhard had a college degree in philology and began working as a teacher in 1938. Stock became a member of the Nazi paramilitary organization Sturmanteilung in 1933 and was promoted to the rank of major in 1944.

Following his military service in World War II Gerhard was the chef de mission of the Unified German Olympic team in 1956 and 1960 as well as deputy chef de mission of same in 1964. His daughter Jutta Stock participated as a sprinter at the 1968 Olympic Games while his son-in-law Peter Hertel was a 1966 rowing world champion in coxed eights and his grandson Ole Hertel was a competitive shot putter and discus thrower.

Stock died at age 73 on March 29, 1985 in Hamburg, Germany.