Karl Steinhuber
Karl Steinhuber 
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| birthday | May 1, 1906 | ||||||
| place of birth | Linz , Upper Austria | ||||||
| date of death | November 2002 | ||||||
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| discipline | Canoe racing | ||||||
| Boat class | Kayak (K2) | ||||||
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Karl Steinhuber (born May 1, 1906 in Linz , Upper Austria ; † November 2002 ) was an Austrian canoeist who won a silver medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
Together with Viktor Kalisch , Kalisch was beaten by the Germans Ludwig Landen and Paul Wevers by twenty seconds in a two-man kayak over 10,000 meters , but the Austrian team relegated the Swedish team to third place by over a minute.
Steinhuber was a master tailor by profession. Despite a slight handicap, he continued to play sports into old age.
Individual evidence
Web links
- steyrerpioniere.wordpress.com
- olympic.org
- Karl Steinhuber in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Steinhuber, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian canoeists |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz , Upper Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2002 |