Athol Meech
Athol Charles Meech (born March 28, 1907 in Ottawa , † August 2, 1981 in Lake Scucog ) was a Canadian rower who won an Olympic bronze medal in eighth in 1928 .
Athol Meech from the Argonaut Rowing Club in Toronto was part of the Canadian eight, in the occupation of Frederick Hedges , Frank Fiddes , John Hand , Herbert Richardson , Jack Murdoch , Athol Meech, Edgar Norris , William Ross and helmsman John Donnelly at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam started. A total of eleven boats took part, in the individual rounds only two boats could compete against each other. The Canadians won in the first round against the boat from Denmark, continued without a fight in the second round and won against the Polish eighth in the third round. In the semifinals, the Canadians were defeated by the boat from the United States and received the bronze medal behind the US boat and the British.
Web links
- Athol Meech in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 . P. 660
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meech, Athol |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meech, Athol Charles (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ottawa |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd August 1981 |
| Place of death | Lake Scucog |