Fritz Bartholomae
Fritz Bartholomae (born October 29, 1886 in Krefeld ; † September 12, 1915 ) was a German rower who, together with his brother Willi, won an Olympic bronze medal with an eighth in 1912 .
The Bartholomae brothers won the German championship in 1910 with the eighth from the Spindlersfeld rowing club, in 1911 they took third place behind the boats from Stettin and the Berlin rowing club from 1876 . In 1912 they moved from Berlin-Spindlersfeld to Wannsee and joined the Berlin RV from 1876. The newly assembled eight of the Berlin RV with Otto Liebing , Max Bröske , Max Vetter , Willi Bartholomae, Fritz Bartholomae, Werner Dehn , Rudolf Reichelt , Hans Matthiae and helmsman Kurt Runge won the German championship in front of the boat from Mainz, the boat from Berlin RC Sport-Borussia gave up.
At the 1912 Olympic Games on Djurgårdsbrunnsviken in Stockholm, two boats competed against each other in a knockout system. The eighth of the Berlin RV from 1876 won the first round over a Hungarian eight. In the second round, two Berlin boats met, the RV from 1876 won over the boat from Sport-Borussia. In the semifinals, the boat with Bartholomae lost to the later Olympic champions from London's Leander Club . Since only three boats reached the semi-finals, the Germans were third in the Olympics.
Fritz Bartholomae died in the First World War on the Eastern Front .
Web links
- Fritz Bartholomae in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- German champions in the eighth
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bartholomae, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krefeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1915 |