Julius Beresford

British Olympic competitor in 1912 with Beresford, Vernon , Rought , Logan and Stm. Carr (from left).

Julius Beresford Wiszniewski (born June 29, 1868 in London , † September 29, 1959 in Henley-on-Thames ) was a British rower who won an Olympic silver medal in 1912.

Athletic career

Julius Beresford was the son of an immigrant from Gdansk, and he gave up his father's name before the First World War. He started at the Kensington Rowing Club , from 1905 he belonged to the Thames Rowing Club . From 1896 to 1914 and from 1919 to 1923 he participated in the Henley Royal Regatta every year . In 1911 he won there together with Arthur Cloutte in two without a helmsman .

At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 , a four-man with a helmsman from the Thames Rowing Club competed . A total of eleven boats from nine countries took part. The British defeated the two Norwegian boats in the quarter and semi-finals. In the final, the German four-man won two lengths ahead of the British.

Julius Beresford was the father of Olympic rowing champion Jack Beresford and the grandfather of 1960 Olympic fifth, Michael Beresford .

Web links

Julius Beresford in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Footnotes

↑ Entry in the River and Rowing Museum (accessed March 25, 2020)
^ Karl Lennartz : The games of the 5th Olympiad in Stockholm in 1912 . AGON-Sportverlag, Kassel 2009. ISBN 978-3-89784-364-6 pp. 229 to 232

personal data
SURNAME	Beresford, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Beresford Wiszniewski, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British rower
DATE OF BIRTH	June 29, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH	London
DATE OF DEATH	September 29, 1959
Place of death	Henley-on-Thames

[1] Entry in the River and Rowing Museum (accessed March 25, 2020)

[2] Karl Lennartz : The games of the 5th Olympiad in Stockholm in 1912 . AGON-Sportverlag, Kassel 2009. ISBN 978-3-89784-364-6 pp. 229 to 232