Leon Birkholc
Leszek Leon Birkholc (born July 7, 1904 in Crone an der Brahe , † April 22, 1968 in Kłodzko ) was a Polish rower .
Leon Birkholc rowed for the rowing company BTW Bydgoszcz . At the European Championships in 1926 , the Polish four-man with helmsman in the line-up of Franciszek Bronikowski , Leon Birkholc, Mieczyslaw Figurski , Franciszek Janik and Franciszek Brzesinski won the bronze medal behind the boats from Italy and Switzerland. At the Olympic Games in 1928 , the Italian four-man won this boat class ahead of the Swiss and Poles with Franciszek Bronikowski, Edmund Jankowski , Leon Birkholc, Bernard Ormanowski and Bolesław Drewek . Birkholc won his last international medal at the European Championships in 1929 . Together with Jerzy Braun , Edmund Jankowski and Franciszek Bronikowski he received the bronze medal in the four without a helmsman .
Web links
- Leon Birkholc in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ European championships in four with a helmsman on sport-komplett.de
- ↑ European championships in four without a helmsman on sport-komplett.de
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Birkholc, Leon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Birkholc, Leszek Leon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Crone on the brahe |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 1968 |
| Place of death | Kłodzko |