Franz Johannsen

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Franz Johannsen (born May 4, 1921 ; † 2006 ) was a German canoeist . He took part in the Olympic Games in 1952 and 1956 and finished fifth twice.

Career

In the single canoe , Johannsen was the strongest canoeist in the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1950s, with sixteen championship titles in ten years. At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 , Johannsen only competed on the 10,000-meter course and finished seventh here. In 1956 in Melbourne , starting for the all-German team , he finished fifth both over 1000 meters and over 10,000 meters. The Romanian Leon Rotman won on both routes ahead of canoeists from Hungary, the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. In 1953 and 1955 Johannsen had already won the title of Western European Champion on both routes.

Johannsen won his first German championship title in 1949 with the team of the Hamburg Canoe Club . By 1957, four more team titles were to be added, with Wilfried Soltau from 1949 to 1954 and Egon Drews in 1954 and 1957 also the dominant canoeists in the two-man Canadians part of the team.

On October 9, 1955, he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf for his athletic achievements.

German championship title

  • Single-Canadier 1000 meters: 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959
  • Single Canoe 8000 meters: 1954
  • Single Canadier 10,000 meters: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959
  • Crew: 1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957

literature

  • Bodo Harenberg (Red.): The stars of sport from A – Z. Habel, Darmstadt et al. 1970.
  • Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German championships in team canoes
  2. ↑ Sports report of the federal government of September 29, 1973 to the Bundestag - printed matter 7/1040 - page 61
personal data
SURNAME Johannsen, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German canoeists
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1921
DATE OF DEATH 2006