Hugo Waser

Hugo Waser (born August 9, 1936 in Stansstad ) is a former Swiss rower . In 1968 he won the bronze medal in the four-man team at the Olympic Games .

Career

The 1.90 m tall Hugo Waser started for the Seeclub Stansstad . In 1959 he won in one his first Swiss league title. He also started in the One at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. He was eliminated in the first hope run , from which only the later Olympic runner-up Achim Hill from the GDR reached the final.

From 1960 to 1963 Hugo Waser, Adolf Waser and helmsman Robert Waser won the Swiss championship title in two with helmsman four times in a row . At the European Rowing Championships in 1961 , Hugo and Adolf Waser took fourth place in the two-man team without a helmsman . A year later, the two won the bronze medal behind the German and Soviet boats at the 1962 World Rowing Championships . At the European Rowing Championships in 1963 , the three Wasers competed in two with a helmsman and took eighth place.

From 1964 to 1966 Hugo Waser, Adolf Waser and helmsman André Roman won the Swiss championship title in two with helmsman three times in a row. These three took eighth place at the European Rowing Championships in 1964 . At the 1964 Olympic Games , the Wasers finished eleventh with Werner Ehrensberger at the wheel.

In 1967 Hugo Waser switched to three rowers from Blauweiss Basel to the four without a helmsman . At the European rowing championships in 1967 Hugo Waser, Peter Bolliger , Jakob Grob and Walter Weiersmüller came fourth. At the 1968 Olympic Games , Waser, Bolliger and Grob competed with Denis Oswald and the Zurich helmsman Gottlieb Fröhlich in a four with helmsman and won the bronze medal behind the boats from New Zealand and the GDR. In 1969 the Sansstader Hugo and Adolf Waser as well as the helmsman Martin Bächler with Peter Bolliger from Basel and the Zürcher Franz Rentsch competed at the European Championships in Klagenfurt and won the bronze medal behind the two German boats from West and East.

Swiss championship title

• One: 1959, 1960
• Two without a helmsman: 1962
• Two with a helmsman: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
• Four with helmsman: 1969
• Eighth: 1969

Web links

• Hugo Waser in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Successes at Seeclub Stansstad 1960 to 1969

Individual evidence

1. ^ Successes at Seeclub Stansstad 1922 to 1959 ( Memento from December 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ World championships in two without a helmsman
3. ↑ European championships in four with a helmsman