Dumitru Hubert

nation

Romania

birthday

September 3, 1899

place of birth

Bucharest

job

Soldier, pilot

date of death

August 27, 1934

Place of death

Brașov

Career

Medal table

Type of medals

1 ×

0 ×

1 ×

1933 World Bobsleigh Championship
gold	Schreiberhau	Two-man bobsleigh
1934 World Bobsleigh Championship
bronze	Engelberg	Two-man bobsleigh

last change: July 4th, 2015

The listed tombstone for Dumitru Hubert in the Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest

Dumitru Hubert (born September 3, 1899 in Bucharest , † August 27, 1934 in Brașov ) was a Romanian pilot and bobsleigh driver . In 1933 he became world champion in the two-man bobsleigh with Alexandru Papană .

Dumitru Hubert was - like his friend Papană - a member of the Romanian Air Force and, like the latter, worked as an aerobatic pilot . In 1932, the two men started together at the Olympic Games in Lake Placid and finished fourth in the two-man bobsleigh. Hubert and Papană also took part in the Olympic races in the four-man bobsleigh with Ulise Petrescu and Alexandru Ionescu ; the Romanian team finished sixth. The following year, Papană and Hubert became world champions in the two-man bobsleigh in Schreiberhau . At the bobsleigh world championships the following year in Engelberg , Switzerland , they won the bronze medal. In August 1934 Hubert had an accident at an air show in Brașov in front of 10,000 spectators. His plane collided with another aircraft in midair, and he was dead on the spot.

Hubert is buried in the Bucharest cemetery Cimitirul Șerban Vodă , popularly known as the Bellu cemetery . His tombstone by the sculptor Iosif Fekete is a listed building . A street in the Romanian capital is also named Strada Capitan Aviator Dumitru Hubert after him.

literature

Karl Lennartz / Wolf Reinhardt / Ralph Schlueter: The games of the X. Olympiad 1932 in Lake Placid and Los Angeles . Agon, 2015, ISBN 978-3-89784-406-3 , pp. 49 .

Web links

Dumitru Hubert in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

↑ Dumitru Hubert Bio, Stats, and Results. In: Sports Reference. Retrieved July 2, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hubert, Dumitru
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Romanian pilot and bobsledder
DATE OF BIRTH	September 3, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bucharest
DATE OF DEATH	August 27, 1934
Place of death	Brașov

[1] Dumitru Hubert Bio, Stats, and Results. In: Sports Reference. Retrieved July 2, 2015 .