Hermann Barrelet

Hermann Barrelet (1913)

Hermann Joseph Barrelet (* 25. September 1879 in Neuchâtel , † unknown) was a French rower who in 1900 first Olympic champion in the one was.

Barrelet started for the Sport Nautique d' Enghien club . At the 1900 Olympic Games , five rowers competed for the finals, four French and one British. The French European champion from 1899, Louis Prével, gave up on the way. Barrelet won the race in 7: 35.6 minutes (track length: 1750 m) with six seconds ahead of André Gaudin , half a minute behind the Briton Saint George Ashe took third place.

At the Olympiarevanche, the European Championship in 1900, Prével won, Barrelet did not take part. In 1901 in Zurich Barrelet was then European champion.

literature

Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 .

Web links

Hermann Barrelet in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Barrelet, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Barrelet, Hermann Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French rower and Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH	September 25, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neuchâtel
DATE OF DEATH	20th century