| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Male |
| Full name | Hermann•Wilker |
| Used name | Hermann•Wilker |
| Born | 24 July 1874 in Flomersheim, Frankenthal, Rheinland-Pfalz (GER) |
| Died | 27 December 1941 (aged 67 years 5 months 3 days) in Murrhardt, Baden-Württemberg (GER) |
| Affiliations | Ludwigshafener RV, Ludwigshafen (GER) |
| NOC |  Germany |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 1 |
| Silver | 0 |
| Bronze | 1 |
| Total | 2 |
Hermann Wilker was a German rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a rower in the German boat from Ludwigshafener Ruderverein, which won a bronze medal in the coxed fours final B. At the 1912 Stockholm Summer Olympics Wilker was a member of the gold medal boat coxed fours, outriggers, again with the Ludwigshafener Ruderverein.
Wilker published a textbook Das Rudern (Rowing). Together with Otto Fickeisen he rowed in a coxless pair that was unbeaten in 26 races over five years, winning the German Championships from 1908-12. Wilker was later a longtime board member of the Ludwigshafener RV. He participated again at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics as a rowing referee.
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Summer Olympics | Rowing | GER |
Hermann Wilker | |||
| Coxed Fours, Men (Olympic) | Ludwigshafener Ruder Verein | 3 | Bronze | |||
| 1912 Summer Olympics | Rowing | GER |
Hermann Wilker | |||
| Coxed Fours, Men (Olympic) | Ludwigshafener Ruderverein | 1 | Gold |
| Games | Date | Sport | Event | Phase | Mark | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 Summer Olympics | 17 July 1912 | Rowing | Coxed Fours, Men | Round One, Heat #6 | 7:06.6 | 1 |
| 1912 Summer Olympics | 19 July 1912 | Rowing | Coxed Fours, Men | Semi-Finals, Heat #1 | 6:59.0 | 1 |
