Hans Bourquin

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The Olympic champions 1928 from left to right: Hans Schöchlin, Hans Bourquin (on shoulders) and Karl Schöchlin

Hans Bourquin (born October 16, 1914 ; † 1998 in Sion ) was a Swiss rower who became an Olympic champion in a two- man team in 1928 as a helmsman .

At the Olympic Games in 1928, Hans Bourquin steered the two-man with Hans and Karl Schöchlin on a canal in Amsterdam . There were two boats in each case in the knock-out against each other, but it was after a defeat over the repechage progress. In the first round the Swiss defeated the French boat with a lead of two tenths of a second, in the second round the Italian boat. In the final, the Swiss met the French brothers Armand and Édouard Marcelle with their helmsman Henri Préaux , who had prevailed against the Americans in the hope run and then against the Belgians in two races. In the final, the Swiss now had significantly more reserves and clearly won by six seconds. At the time of the Olympic victory, Bourquin was 13 years and 292 days old, making him the youngest ever gold medal winner.

Hans Bourquin belonged to the Biel Seeclub.

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