Talk:George Hackenschmidt

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Hackenschmidt was actually an Estonian? Rather sounds like he belonged to the German minority. 217.236.216.254 20:26, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

This [] says that he stood just under 5'10". Certainly not 6' as wikipedia suggests. Are there any sources for the 6' claim?LH 08:09, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, in old Chicago newspapers at the Library of Congress. SAH-DennyCrane 06:04, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

He was actually 5'9" tall. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Templeofthefreespirit (talk • contribs) 23:19, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot 07:36, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Philosopher
It should also be mentioned that he was a well known philosopher at his time. Iffcool 12:05, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Name - page redirect
There is currently a page George Hackenschmidt which redirects to Georg Hackenschmidt. Can I request that someone with appropriate skills reverses this?

The main page refers to Hackenschmidt as "Georg". For all of his international professional career he was known as 'George'. I have looked into this at the National Archives where I got them to release his naturalizatiohn papers under FOI. HO 405/20673 - HACKENSCHMIDT, G. Hackenschmidt made his first application for naturalization in 1920. It was rejected because of a ‘new rule’. He enquired again in 1948 and made a successful second formal application in 1950 after he had 5 years residence. In this application he put down the names he was known as and this was queried; he ultimately agreed that he was known as George Karl Julius Hackenschmidt and George Hackenschmidt. No 'Georg'. This was the name under which his books were published and the name used when he addressed UNESCO in 1946. Obviously it was also spelled in specific ways in Estonian and Cyrillic using their alphabets but that is a matter for those language pages. Ephebi (talk) 07:12, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

7 miles in 45 minutes
It's sourced but that is impossible to believe. That would have him running a 6:25 pace. The current 10K (6.4 mile) world record for a man in their 80s is 42:39.95, which is 6:52... It's impossible to believe this man was just doing it for fun in his late 80s. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.37.240.48 (talk) 01:04, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
 * This is a sound concern. I think WP:Exceptional applies here. The cited biography does not rely on a competition record or any other kind of record, for that matter. It just claims something. So I agree the statement should be removed. However, I am not sure whether other claims in that sentence should go as well. Jaan Pärn (talk) 12:27, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Don't be in such a hurry - he was a remarkable man into his later years. Other sources record that at 80 he was able to jump 50 times over a kitchen chair!!! He was also active in the wrestling circuit, though more giving out awards than actively participating. If there is a good WP:RS then don't delete it. Ephebi (talk) 15:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

date of birth and age discrepancy
Noticing a discrepancy regarding his date of birth in the french article, I was about to correct it, but then when I tried to consult the sources provided in the english article, the only one I could access was findagrave.com, which gives his date of birth as 2nd August 1978 and his age at the time of his death as 89. Unless a more reliable source says otherwise it should be corrected in the english article. --Abolibibelot (talk) 02:46, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
 * findgrave.com has wrong info. Reliable should be http://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Georg_Hackenschmidt --Estopedist1 (talk) 11:13, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

New contribution in Russian
Hi! I added new details in the Russian article based on two books:

George, Hackenschmidt (1911). The Path to Strength and Health (in Russian). Moscow: Popov Brothers. pp. 102.

Olaf Langsepp (1971). Georg Gakkenschmidt. Tallinn: Eesti raamat, pp. 112

Feel free to translate them.

НАндреев (talk) 10:26, 14 October 2022 (UTC)