Josef Hasenöhrl

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Memorial plaque in Schöndorf (on the Ruwer)

Josef Hasenöhrl (born May 5, 1915 in Vienna , † March 13, 1945 in Schöndorf (an der Ruwer) ) was an Austrian rower who won the Olympic silver medal in the single in 1936.

Hasenöhrl started working for the Ellida rowing club in Vienna in 1930. In 1934 Hasenöhrl won his first Austrian championship title. At the European Championships in 1935, the Pole Roger Verey won ahead of the Swiss Eugen Studach , Hasenöhrl received the bronze medal in third place.

At the 1936 Olympic Games on the Berlin-Grünau regatta route, Hasenöhrl was defeated by the German Gustav Schäfer . Hasenöhrl won his intermediate run, but only finished second in the semifinals behind the Swiss Ernst Rufli , while Schäfer won the other semifinals ahead of the American Daniel Barrow . In the final, Hasenöhrl finished second, four seconds behind Schäfer, but was two seconds ahead of third-placed Barrow.

In 1937 the European Rowing Championships took place in Amsterdam, Studach won ahead of Hasenöhrl and Verey. The European Championships in 1938 took place after Austria was annexed to Germany, Hasenöhrl won in Milan as a German ahead of Verey and Rufli, making him the last European champion before the Second World War .

When the next European Championships were held in 1947, Hasenöhrl was no longer alive. The trained chemist fell as a lieutenant in the German Wehrmacht in 1945 on the Western Front. He was buried in the military cemetery in Sandweiler (Block P, grave 214).

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Web links

Commons : Josef Hasenröhrl  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Josef Hasenöhrl. In: www.volksbund.de. Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge , accessed on July 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Hasenöhrl, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian rower
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1945
Place of death Schöndorf (on the Ruwer)