Alberto Demiddi

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Alberto Demiddi (1971)

Alberto Demiddi (born April 11, 1944 in Buenos Aires , † October 25, 2000 in San Fernando ) was an Argentine rower . With two Olympic medals and the world championship title in 1970, he is one of the most successful rowers in South America.

Career

Demiddi won twelve Argentine championship titles in single rowing from 1962 to 1973 . In 1964, 1965, 1968 and 1970 he was South American champion. In 1964 he finished second in the Henley Royal Regatta , a success that he was able to repeat in 1966.

At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 he lost in the run-up to the US American Donald Spero , but was ahead of the double Olympic champion Vyacheslav Ivanov . With victory in the second hope race , Demiddi qualified for the final, which was held in strong winds. Ivanov won his third title in a row ahead of Achim Hill from East Berlin and Gottfried Kottmann from Switzerland , and Demiddi took fourth place just two seconds behind Kottmann.

After Demiddi had won the single competition at the Pan American Games in 1967 , he drove to the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico as a favorite . In the preliminary run Demiddi was second behind the German Jochen Meißner , in the semifinals Demiddi was defeated by the Dutch Jan Wienese , but clearly qualified for the final as second. Wienese won the final ahead of Meißner and Demiddi.

Demiddi's most successful years followed: as a guest starter, he became European Champion in 1969, won the World Championship in 1970, and in 1971 he won the European Championship, the Henley Regatta and the Pan-American Games. Demiddi was then named Argentina's Sportsman of the Year in 1969 and 1971. At the 1972 Olympic Games on the Oberschleissheim regatta course near Munich, Demiddi was the clear favorite and won both his preliminary and his semi-finals by a clear margin, but the Russian Yuri Malyshev was faster than Demiddi in his races on both days . In the final, the two fought a tough duel, at the finish Malischew had a narrow lead over Demiddi.

Alberto Demiddi has won everything in his career except the Olympic final, where he had to be content with a fourth, a third and a second place. In 1974 Demiddi ended his career as an active rower.

Overview of successes

  • 1962: Argentine champion
  • 1963: Argentine champion
  • 1964: Argentine champion, South American champion, second in Henley , Olympic bronze medalist in Tokyo
  • 1965: Argentine champion, South American champion,
  • 1966: Argentine champion, second in Henley
  • 1967: Argentine champion, winner of the Pan American Games in Winnipeg
  • 1968: Argentine champion, South American champion, Olympic knight in Xochimilco near Mexico City
  • 1969: Argentine champion, European champion in Klagenfurt
  • 1970: Argentine champion, South American champion, world champion in St. Catharines
  • 1971: Argentine champion, winner in Henley, European champion in Copenhagen , winner of the Pan-American Games in Cali
  • 1972: Argentinian champion, Olympic runner-up in Oberschleißheim near Munich
  • 1973: Argentine champion

literature

  • Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .
  • Volker Kluge: Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Olimpias de oro www.cpd.com.ar. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Demiddi, Alberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION argentinian rower
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH October 25, 2000
Place of death San Fernando