Max Bröske
Max Bröske (born July 25, 1882 in Königsberg ; † March 13, 1915 ibid) was a German rower who won an Olympic bronze medal with an eighth in 1912 .
Bröske started for the Berlin rowing club from 1876 . In 1911 he was defeated in the German championship with the Berlin eight against the eight from Stettin. In 1912 the Berlin eight with Otto Liebing , Max Bröske, Max Vetter , Willi Bartholomae , Fritz Bartholomae , Werner Dehn , Rudolf Reichelt , Hans Matthiae and helmsman Kurt Runge won the German championship in front of the boat from Mainz, the boat from the Berlin RC Sport Borussia gave up.
At the 1912 Olympic Games on Djurgårdsbrunnsviken in Stockholm, two boats competed against each other in the knockout system . The eighth of the Berlin RV from 1876 won the first round over a Hungarian eight. In the second round, two Berlin boats met, the RV from 1876 won over the boat from Sport-Borussia. In the semifinals, the boat with Bröske lost to the later Olympic champions from London's Leander Club . Since only three boats reached the semi-finals, the Germans were third in the Olympics.
Web links
- Max Bröske in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- German champions in four without a helmsman
- German champions in the eighth
Individual evidence
- ↑ Koenigsberg Death Register, 1915, Volume 2, Entry No. 707
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bröske, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 1915 |
| Place of death | Koenigsberg |