Josef Kloimstein

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Josef Kloimstein (born November 1, 1929 in Rufling ; † November 15, 2012 ) was an Austrian rower who won two medals in three Olympic competitions.

Career

Josef Kloimstein won two medals at the European Rowing Championships in Bled in 1956. In a pair with a helmsman , he took third place together with Alfred Sageder and helmsman Franz König behind the boats from the Federal Republic of Germany and Switzerland. In the two without a helmsman, Sageder and Kloimstein were only defeated by the Soviet rowers Igor Buldakow and Viktor Ivanov . At the Olympic Games in 1956 , Sageder and Kloimstein started in both boat classes. In twos with they were eliminated in the semi-finals, in twos without they reached the final and took third place behind the Americans James Fifer and Duvall Hecht as well as Buldakow and Ivanov.

In 1957 Kloimstein and Sageder won silver again in the two-mans without at the European Championships in Duisburg, this time behind the British Christopher Davidge and David Leadley. Two years later, the two Austrians finished third at the European Championships in Mâcon. At the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 , Kloimstein and Sageder also competed in pairs without and won silver behind the Soviet boat with Valentin Boreiko and Oleg Golowanow . Four years later, Sageder and Kloimstein competed in the Olympic Games for the third time. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, they started with helmsman Peter Salzbacher in a pair with helmsman and finished eighth.

Josef Kloimstein, who is only 1.80 meters tall, started for the Danube Linz rowing club.

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  1. ↑ Rowing legend Josef Kloimstein died
personal data
SURNAME Kloimstein, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian rower
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Rufling
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 2012