Hans Matthiae
Hans Matthiae (born December 22, 1884 in Bernburg an der Saale ; † unknown) was a German rower who won an Olympic bronze medal with an eighth in 1912 .
Matthiae started for the Berlin rowing club from 1876 . In 1911 he won the German championship in the four-man without helmsman together with Werner Dehn , Otto Liebing and Rudolf Reichelt . With the eighth, the Berliners lost to the eighth from Stettin in the German championship. In 1912 the eighth 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 the 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 Matthiae 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.
In 1913, Matthiae took second place at the German championship in two without a helmsman together with Werner Dehn.
Web links
- Hans Matthiae in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- German champions in four without a helmsman
- German champions in the eighth
- German champions in two without a helmsman
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Matthiae, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bernburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |