Martin Karl

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Martin Karl (born June 3, 1911 in Würzburg , † March 1, 1942 in Michailowka , Soviet Union ) was a German rower . In 1936 he became Olympic champion in the four-man without a helmsman .

Life

Karl won his first German championship title in 1933 with the eighth of the Würzburg rowing club from 1875 . In the following year Rudolf Eckstein , Anton Rom , Martin Karl and Wilhelm Menne switched to the four-man without a helmsman and, after winning the German championship, also won the European championship in Lucerne. In 1935 Martin Karl was missing, Ernst Gaber from Mannheim RV was on the boat for him . Martin Karl returned in 1936. Eckstein, Rom, Karl and Menne won the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin in front of the British boat.

Martin Karl fell as a lieutenant on the Eastern Front in World War II . He was the leader of the machine gun company of the 42nd Infantry Regiment of the 46th Infantry Division of the Wehrmacht .

literature

  • Bodo Harenberg (ed.): The stars of the sport from A-Z . Darmstadt 1970
  • Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 .

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personal data
SURNAME Karl, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Olympic champion in rowing
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1942
Place of death Mikhailovka , Soviet Union