Alex Homberger
Alexander H. "Alex" Homberger (born October 26, 1912 in Schaffhausen , Switzerland ; † April 15, 2007 in Muskegon , Michigan , United States ) was a Swiss rower who won two Olympic medals in 1936.
The three brothers Alex, Hans and Rudolf Homberger started for the Zurich rowing club.
In 1934 the European Championships took place in Lucerne, the Swiss four-man without helmsman with Hermann Betschart , Max Schuler , Alex Homberger and Karl Schmid took second place behind the German boat. At the European Championships in Berlin in 1935, the Swiss four-man won with Hermann Betschart, Hans Homberger, Alex Homberger and Karl Schmid. In the eighth , the Swiss boat with the complete foursome took second place behind the Hungarians.
On August 14, 1936, the finals of the rowing decisions at the 1936 Olympic Games were held on the Berlin-Grünau regatta course . At 2.30 p.m. the race started in a four-man with helmsman , the German boat won with eight seconds ahead of the Swiss boat with Hermann Betschart, Hans and Alex Homberger, Karl Schmid and helmsman Rolf Spring , which in turn was nine seconds ahead of the French had on Bronze Square. At 5 p.m. the four-man started without a helmsman, here the German European championship boat from 1934 won ahead of the British. Betschart, the brothers Homberger and Schmid rowed the bronze medal. At 6 p.m. the final was held in eighth position, with Oskar Neuenschwander , Rudolf Homberger, Fritz Feldmann and Werner Schweizer complementing the Swiss four with helmsman Rolf Spring . While all the other crews went to the start relaxed, the strongest Swiss had already completed two races, finishing sixth and last, ten seconds behind the winning boat from the United States.
After Homberger had completed his engineering studies in Zurich, he emigrated to the United States. After some time at the Michigan Steele Company , he set up his own production company in California. He later returned to Michigan with his wife and established several art foundations.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 .
Web links
- Alex Homberger in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- European championships in four without a helmsman
- History of the rowing club Zurich ( Memento from October 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Homberger, Alex |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Homberger, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss rowers |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schaffhausen , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 15, 2007 |
| Place of death | Muskegon , Michigan , United States |