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Gotfrid (or Gottfried) Köchert (22 March 1918 – 6 November 1986), a scion of the Viennese jeweller A. E. Köchert, went on to become a yacht racer after World War II, and competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics.
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Gotfrid Köchert became far better known in Austria as an automobile racer than a sailor. He was nicknamed “Racing Jeweller”, because he was born into the very wealthy jewellery dynasty A.E. Köchert, based in Wien (Vienna).
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Gotfrid (or Gottfried) Köchert (22 March 1918 – 6 November 1986) was an Austrian former Nazi soldier who went on to become a yacht racer after World War II, and competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Gotfrid (or Gottfried) Köchert, a former Nazi soldier with the Wehrmacht, was among the most famous Austrian racers of the 1950s. Scion of the Viennese jeweler dynasty AE Köchert, he was called the "raging jeweler". Born in Vienna, spent the 1930s in the United States and studied economics at a college in Florida for two years (1936–38). His parents had reportedly sent him to America in an unsuccessful attempt to dampen his relationship with actress and singer Gusti Huber. Just before World War II began in 1939, however, at age 21, he returned to Austria. He would marry Huber during the war. The marriage, which ended in divorce before very long, produced two daughters, Christiana (1939-2004) and actress Bibi (1942-1996), both of whom were raised in the United States by their mother and stepfather, Joseph Besch. Through Bibi, he was a grandfather of Samantha Mathis, also an actress.
The Mille Miglia of 1956 was the first major car race in which Köchert drove a new Porsche 550 he had purchased in Stuttgart. The then-unknown Austrian was the turning point in Rome on the fourth place of the overall standings. Just before Florence, he ended his trip prematurely after clutch damage. He was ranked in tenth place by this time. A few weeks later, he won the Sports Car Grand Prix at the Nürburgring and was the first Austrian victor in a car race following the Second World War—during which, as mentioned above, he had served as a Nazi soldier with the Wehrmacht (after reportedly being drafted).
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Under Gotfrid Köchert – famed as the “racing jeweller” due to his passion for yacht racing – and Dietrich Köchert, the House of Köchert consolidates an enviable reputation as a specialist in refined high-carat precious stones and classic jewels.
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