Martin Stahnke
Martin Stahnke (born November 11, 1888 in Briesen , † February 28, 1969 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German rower who became an Olympic knight in a two-man without a helmsman in 1908 .
During his active time he won 105 regattas and beat several German single champions without having become champions himself. Martin Stahnke competed in the 1908 German Championship together with Willy Düskow in a boat of the Berlin Rowing Club . They took second place behind Hermann Wilker and Otto Fickeisen from Ludwigshafen. Düskow and Stahnke traveled to the Olympic Games in London. At the Olympic Games in 1908 , the rowing competitions were held on the Thames near Henley . The course was so narrow that only two boats could compete against each other. Four boats competed in the two-man boat class without a helmsman. Düskow and Stahnke lost in the second run to the British George Fairbairn and Philip Verdon . In the official result only places one and two were rated. Stahnke and Düskow are listed as Olympic thirds in many sources, analogous to boxing.
In the next few years Stahnke was active in the one . At the German Championship in 1909 he started for the RV Triton Stettin and took third place, in 1910 and 1911 he was in the finals for RV Wratislavia Breslau, but each gave up. In 1910 he won the Dutch championship in double sculls with Seppl Furthmann. At the Olympic Games in Stockholm in 1912 Stahnke also competed in a single. In the first round he came after his Australian opponent, but this was disqualified. In the second round Stahnke was eliminated from the eventual Olympic champion William Kinnear .
At the German championship in 1920 Martin Stahnke joined an E. John in double sculls of RV Wratislavia Breslau, but was disqualified.
After his active time he built up an existence as a businessman in Frankfurt / Main. There he joined the RG Germania in 1946.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 , p. 261.
Web links
- Martin Stahnke in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ German championships in two without a helmsman
- ↑ For example in: Erich Kamper , Bill Mallon : Who's Who of the Olympic Games 1896–1992. Who's Who at the Olympics. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1992, ISBN 3-928562-47-9 , p. 202.
- ↑ German championships in one
- ^ German championships in double sculls
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stahnke, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Briesen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1969 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |