Jack Beresford

Jack Beresford (born January 1, 1899 in Chiswick , † December 3, 1977 in Shiplake , Oxfordshire ) was a British rower who won three gold and two silver medals at the Olympic Games between the two world wars.

He was the son of the furniture manufacturer Julius Beresford (original surname Wiszniewski) from Poland , who had won a silver medal in rowing in the category of four with helmsman at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm .

During the First World War , Jack Beresford was wounded in France , returned to London and took on managerial positions in his father's furniture factory. In 1920 he first took part in the Olympic Games in Antwerp and won a silver medal in one. He won a medal in each of the four subsequent events: 1924 in Paris gold in single, 1928 in Amsterdam silver in eight, 1932 in Los Angeles gold in four without helmsman and in 1936 in Berlin gold in double scull .

At the Games in Berlin, Jack Beresford was the flag bearer of the British delegation during the opening ceremony. He was filmed by Leni Riefenstahl , who used this scene two years later in the controversial documentary Olympia - Fest der Völker . Had the 1940 Tokyo Games not been canceled, Beresford would likely have won a sixth medal. He also won numerous British championship titles; so he was z. B. Between 1920 and 1927 eight consecutive masters in the one; an achievement that has remained unmatched to this day.

Web links

• Jack Beresford in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )