John Lander (rower)
John Gerard Heath Lander (born September 7, 1907 in Liverpool , † December 25, 1941 in Hong Kong ) was a British rower .
At the Olympic Games in 1928 , a total of six boats took part in the four without a helmsman . The British foursome with John Lander, Michael Warriner , Richard Beesly and Edward Bevan won against the French in the preliminary run. In the quarter-finals, the British won over the German foursome by judges' decision. After a bye in the semifinals, the British defeated the US boat by a second in the final.
Leander Club's John Lander graduated from the University of Cambridge and became a businessman in Hong Kong. As a volunteer in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defense Corps , he died in the Battle of Hong Kong during World War II . John Lander is the only British Olympic champion who fell in combat during World War II.
Web links
- John Lander in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
literature
- Wolf Reinhardt, Ralph Schlueter: The games of the IX. 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam and the II Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2018, ISBN 978-3-89784-411-7 . Pp. 330-333
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SURNAME | Lander, John |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lander, John Gerard Heath (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British rower |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1907 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Liverpool |
DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1941 |
Place of death | Hong Kong |