Johan Anker

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Johan Anker
Johan Anker

Nationality: NorwayNorway Norway
Birthday: June 26, 1871
Place of birth: Halden , NorwayNorwayNorway 
Date of death: October 2, 1940
Place of death: Heaps
Society: Kongelig Norsk Seilforening (KNS)
Boat classes: 6-meter , 8-meter , 12-meter
Medal table
Olympic games 2 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
gold Stockholm 1912 12 meters
gold Amsterdam 1928 6 meters

Johan August Anker (born June 26, 1871 in Berg (now Halden), Østfold , † October 2, 1940 in Halden ) was a Norwegian sailor , Olympic champion, yacht designer and shipyard owner.

Youth and education

Anker was the son of the wholesaler Christian August Anker (1840–1912) and Christine Charlotte Friis (1848–99). He sailed from childhood, but was also a good skier and skater. At the age of 17 he built his first regatta boat, the half- decker Fri , with which he also had regatta successes. He completed his training as a shipbuilding engineer at the Royal Technical University of Charlottenburg . Then he joined his father's company in Halden.

From an early age, Johan Anker was intensively involved in yacht building and boat design. In 1905 he bought Christian Jensen Baatbyggeri (Chr. Jensen boat building) in Vollen, Asker on the Oslofjord (Norway). After his entry, the company name ( company ) was changed to Anker & Jensen Bootswerft . Johan Anker took over the yacht construction, Christian Jensen (* 1871, † 1949) was responsible for the boat building . In 1915 Johan Anker took over the entire shipyard as the sole shareholder, but left the well-established name of Anker & Jensen .

First successes as a sailor and designer

The international professional world first became aware of Johan Anker through his performance at the Olympic Games in 1908, when he took second place twice on the Solent with his 8mR regatta yacht Fram (= forward). In the end, he finished fourth. He experienced his international breakthrough at the Kieler Woche 1909, when he won this class with the self-constructed 12mR Boot Brand IV .

In 1911 he won the Coronation Regatta on the Solent with the 12mR regatta yacht Rollo . With these successes he had made a name for himself as a successful yacht designer in the meter class, which was very popular at the time . His designs were characterized by long overhangs in the bow and stern area. His designs were and are considered beautiful ships and he was awarded the honorary title of Master of Lines by international yacht journalists .

He was a member and temporarily chairman of Kongelig Norsk Seilforening (KNS) (German: Royal Norwegian Yacht Club ) for two periods 1916-1919 and 1921-1925. He was also the first chairman of the Scandinavian Sailing Federation (founded in 1915).

Famous constructions

Johan Anker's regatta successes continued with the

Johan Anker designed various meter yachts, but his most famous yacht construction is the 3-man keelboat Drachen from 1929. In 1924 the Göteborgs Kungliga Segelsällskap announced a competition for a new one- size-fits- all class with a length of 9 meters and should have approx. 20 m² sail area. Anker won the competition with his design for the kite. The kite was an Olympic boat class from 1948 to 1972 and is still very popular internationally today.

Well-known yacht designs by Johan Anker

Sailors from the dragon boat class, designed by Johan Anker in 1929
Magda IX, 12mR, 1912, gold medal 1912
  • Fire IV, 12mR, 1909
  • Titania, 12mR, 1910
  • Rollo, 12mR, 1911
  • Danseuse, 12mR, 1911
  • Magda IX, 12mR, 1912, gold medal 1912
  • Ayesha, ex Hadumoth , 6mR, 1912
  • Corona, 12mR, 1913
  • Sibyllan, 12mR, 1913
  • Storm, 12mR, 1913
  • Thea, 12mR, 1918
  • Figaro II, 12mR, 1918
  • Figaro III, 12mR, 1924
  • Cotton Blossom II, Q class, 1925 (owner: Dennis Conner )
  • Magda XI, 12mR, 1928
  • Norna, 6mR, 1928, gold medal 1928
  • Dragons, one- class , 1929
  • Silja, 8mR, 1930, silver medal 1936
  • Vema III, 12mR, 1933
  • Figaro VI, 12mR, 1936
  • Sira, 8mR, 1938, (owner: King Harald V (Norway) )
  • Siesta, 12mR, designed in 1939, realized in 2015

Quotes

“He was an artist. The aesthetics of the lines played an important role for him. "

- Nini Roll Anker about her husband Johan Anker

literature

  • Elin Kragset Vold & Ole Engen: Johan Anker - Linjenes Mester (Master of Lines), ISBN 8202202426

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Norsk Biografisk Leksikon, entry 'Johan Anker', accessed on March 16, 2014
  2. ^ Johan Anker - Results. In: sports-reference: Olympic Sports. Retrieved February 24, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Norsk Biografisk Leksikon, entry 'Johan Anker', accessed on March 16, 2014
  4. ^ Johan Anker - Master of Yacht Design , accessed September 25, 2019
  5. ↑ Norsk Biografisk Leksikon, entry 'Johan Anker', accessed on March 16, 2014
  6. ↑ woodenboat.com: Data Cotton Blossom II , (English), accessed on September 19, 2019
  7. ↑ Framnæs Collection: Norna , (English), accessed on September 25, 2019
  8. ↑ Biggest new building in the classic shipyard: 21 meter long "Zwölfer" for Danish multimillionaire Erik Larsen has water under the Kiel Flensburger Tageblatt, June 17, 2015, accessed on August 31, 2015
  9. ↑ classicyachtinfo.com A New Wooden 12-Meter , accessed September 29, 2015

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personal data
SURNAME Anchor, Johan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Anker, Johan August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian Olympic sailing champion, boat designer
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Berg, Østfold
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1940
Place of death Halden (Norway)