[2][3] Hammer also won a bronze medal at the 1949 Summer International University Sports Week, precursor to the World University Games, in the 4 × 100 m relay.
His father, Paul Hammer, was also an athletics Olympian at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.
[1] In June 2008, Hammer received the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
[4] Hammer died aged 90 on 26 June 2020.
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