Johann Baptist Gudenus

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Johann Baptist Gudenus (born June 11, 1908 on the Veste Nötting in today's Waidhofen an der Thaya as Johann Baptist Theodor Franz de Paula Philipp Maria, Count of Gudenus; † February 10, 1968 in Vienna ) was an Austrian athlete and bobsledder . Under the name Johann Baptist von Gudenus he was a participant in three Olympic Games in the 1930s. He belonged to the SA in the Nazi state and is listed in the 1941 edition of the Gotha Genealogical Pocket Book of the Count's Houses as Obersturmführer .

Life

origin

Johann Baptist Gudenus comes from a family originally resident in Hesse, who was raised to the status of Austrian count in 1907 by Emperor Franz Joseph . He was the son of Philipp Friedrich Gabriel Heinrich Maria Graf von Gudenus (born June 11, 1877 in Waidhofen an der Thaya ; † February 27, 1948, ibid; married March 4, 1905 in Vienna) and Angela Maria Amalia Theodora Franziska de Paula , née Hardt (born December 14, 1880 in Vienna; † June 24, 1973). With the Nobility Repeal Act in April 1919, the Gudenus family also lost their title of nobility, Johann Baptist Graf (von) Gudenus became Johann Baptist Gudenus. As the only member of the Gudenus family, he was able to use the addition " Herr auf Els" until 1919 . His paternal great-uncle was the Land Marshal of Lower Austria Leopold Graf von Gudenus (1843–1913). His maternal great-uncle was the Imperial and Royal Head of Section Emil Ritter von Hardt (1842–1929).

athletics

Gudenus won his first Austrian championship title in 1931, when the 4-by-100-meter relay of the WAF (presumably the Wiener AF ) with Bauer, Gudenus, Weißbach and Plutner won the title in 44.3 seconds. In 1932, Gudenus won the 200 meters in 23.1 seconds. The sprint relay won with Berger , Gudenus, Götz and Bauer in 43.9 seconds and the 4 x 400 meter relay won with the line-up of Hübscher , Götz, Heugl and Gudenus in 3: 30.0 minutes. In 1933, too, Gudenus was successful in three disciplines. He won the 400-meter run in 50.6 seconds. The sprint relay with Götz, Berger, Gudenus and Bauer won in 44.2 seconds and the 4 x 400 meter relay with Geißler , Hübscher, Puchberger and Gudenus reached the goal in 3: 28.6 minutes. In 1934, Gudenus won again over 200 meters in 22.6 seconds. In 1935 (50.3 seconds), 1937 (50.5 seconds) and 1938 (50.2 seconds), Gudenus still won three championship titles over 400 meters. From 1935 he no longer started for WAF, but for Weiß-Rot-Weiß Wien.

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Gudenus competed over 400 meters and took fifth and last place in his prelude in 52.9 seconds, 2.9 seconds behind fourth-placed.

Bobsleigh

At the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, twelve two-man bobsleigh competed . The Austrian bobsleigh with Hugo Weinstengl and Johann Baptist Gudenus took twelfth and last place, more than a minute behind the victorious bobsleigh with Hubert and Curtis Stevens from the United States. Four years later, 18 four-man bobsleighs entered the competition at the 1936 Winter Olympics , 13 of which were included in the ranking. The Austrian bobsleigh with Viktor Wigelbeyer , Franz Bednar , Robert Bednar and Johann Baptist Gudenus finished 13th and last, 48 seconds behind the victorious bobsleigh from Switzerland.

family

Resting place of the Gudenus family in Vienna's central cemetery

Johann Baptist Gudenus married Karin Giaever after the end of his sporting career on June 26, 1939 in Oslo (born March 5, 1908 in Trondheim ; † January 8, 1980).

Progeny:

  • Johann Baptist Carl, known as John Gudenus , Colonel of the Austrian Armed Forces i. R. and politician of the FPÖ (1940-2016),
    ⚭ August 12, 1972 with Marie-Louise Bilogan (born June 17, 1951), daughter of Leopold Bilogan , colonel in the Austrian Armed Forces (1912–1995).
    • Markus John (born August 3, 1974)
    • Johann Baptist Bjőrn, known as Johann Gudenus , former politician of the FPÖ (born July 20, 1976)
    • Jens Severin (born November 12, 1983)
    • Clemens Magnus (born September 27, 1990)
  • Sigrid Elisabeth Angela (born January 19, 1943)
    ⚭ March 27 and May 9, 1963 with Alexander Roth-Pollack-Parnau (born October 2, 1935)

Fonts

  • Sport is a struggle. Sexl, Vienna 1950.
  • Boxing as a health sport. Steyrermühl, Vienna 1937.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Gudenus in: Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Graefliche Häuser . At the same time the nobility register of the German aristocratic community. Part B, Volume 114, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1941. Herein p. 176: “(2) Johann Baptist Theodor, * Veste Nötting June 11, 1908, SA-OSturmführer; × Oslo June 26, 1939 with Karin Giaever, *  Trontheim , Norw. , March 5, 1908. [ Vienna I , Beethovenplatz  2.] “( full text in the Google book search).
  2. ↑ a b Gudenus 2, branch of the family of Gabriel Johann Georg Johann Baptist Virgil Anton, Baron von Gudenus in the version December 6, 2004. In: genealogy.euweb.cz. Miroslav Marek (Ed.), Accessed August 19, 2019.
  3. ↑ Angela Hardt b. 14 December 1880 d. June 26, 1973. Retrieved November 26, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Erich Kamper , Karl Graf: Austria's athletics in names and numbers. Leykam, Graz 1986, ISBN 3-7011-7169-6 , p. 130.
  5. ↑ Erich Kamper, Karl Graf: Austria's athletics in names and numbers. Leykam, Graz 1986, ISBN 3-7011-7169-6 , p. 78
  6. ↑ Erich Kamper, Karl Graf: Austria's athletics in names and numbers. Leykam, Graz 1986, ISBN 3-7011-7169-6 , p. 132.
  7. ↑ Erich Kamper, Karl Graf: Austria's athletics in names and numbers. Leykam, Graz 1986, ISBN 3-7011-7169-6 , p. 80.
  8. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 , p. 797.
  9. ↑ Bobsleigh at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games: Men's Two in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on August 19, 2019.
  10. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Winter Games. The Chronicle. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-328-00631-1 , p. 56f.
  11. ↑ Bobsleigh at the 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games: Men's Four in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ), accessed on August 19, 2019.
  12. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Winter Games. The Chronicle. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-328-00631-1 , p. 76f.
personal data
SURNAME Gudenus, Johann Baptist
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gudenus, Johann Baptist von (athlete's name); Gudenus, Johann Baptist Graf von; Gudenus, Johann Baptist Theodor Franz de Paula Philipp Maria, Count of (full name at birth)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian bobsleigh and track and field athlete, SA-Obersturmführer
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Veste Nötting, today Waidhofen an der Thaya
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1968
Place of death Vienna