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

personal data
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