Helmut Radach
Helmut Radach (born February 1, 1915 in Berlin ; † unknown) was a German rower who won an Olympic bronze medal with an eighth in 1936.
Helmut Radach rowed for the rowing company Wiking Berlin. At the German Championship in Berlin in 1936, the eighth of Wiking Berlin won ahead of two eights, which had been formed as cross-club rowing communities for the Olympic Games. The eighth of Wiking Berlin qualified for the Olympic regatta , which, like the German championship, was held on the Berlin-Grünau regatta route . The boat in the line-up of Alfred Rieck , Helmut Radach, Hans Kuschke , Heinz Kaufmann , Gerd Völs , Werner Loeckle , Hans-Joachim Hannemann , Herbert Schmidt and helmsman Wilhelm Mahlow took second place behind the boat from the third run at the Olympic regatta Switzerland, but was able to qualify as the winner of the first intermediate run for the final. In the finals, the first three boats reached the finish line within a second, the boat from the United States won ahead of the Italians and the Germans.
Web links
- Helmut Radach in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- German champions in the eighth
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Radach, Helmut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 1, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century or 21st century |