Daniel Barrow
Daniel Hubert Barrow (born July 22, 1909 in Yeadon , Pennsylvania , † November 4, 1993 in Harrisburg , Pennsylvania) was a rower from the United States.
Barrow began rowing in high school and later joined the Penn Athletic Club . In 1930 the eighth of Penn AC competed at the European Championships in Liège and won the title.
In 1934 and 1935 Barrow won the US championships in double sculls . His only title in the one he won in 1936. With this title, he qualified for participation in the Olympic Games in Berlin . There Barrow took fifth place in his preliminary run, won his intermediate run and finished second in the semifinals behind the German Gustav Schäfer . In the final, Schäfer won with a four second lead over the Austrian Josef Hasenöhrl , Barrow reached the finish line two seconds behind Hasenöhrl and received the bronze medal.
Web links
- Daniel Barrow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ European Championships in eighth at sport-komplett.de, Barrow is listed as a Borrew.
- ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 . P. 855f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barrow, Daniel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barrow, Daniel Hubert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yeadon , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th November 1993 |
| Place of death | Harrisburg , Pennsylvania |